Pullet can’t use one leg

[stormrobin]

i have a 2 1/2 month old pullet that a couple days ago was limping and having a hard time using her leg. I assumed she either hurt it jumping if the roost (only 2 ft high) or one of the older pullets accidentally stepped on her. I left her with everyone else because she was hanging out with my disabled chick in the mini coop within my big coop, made sure they had food and water. She didn’t move much but this afternoon (i saw her this morning when I fed) I went looking for her and she had gotten behind the nest boxes and gotten stuck ( will get that fixed) now her back is featherless and some skin missing. I cleaned that up and put vetricyn on it. But her leg isn’t getting any better. She holds it almost stretched out in front of her, I see no visible injury. Felt the leg, no obvious internal injury that I can feel. All joints bend with just a small amount of pressure. Most of the time she won’t curl her toes around my finger, but I did get her to once by positioning her leg underneath her like she would have if she was roosting. No improvement since I noticed the first time but no worse either. She is now in my house now to heal up from both the leg and back injury. Hope I covered all bases.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Felt the leg, no obvious internal injury that I can feel.

Top two alternatives, if injury has been ruled out... are vitamin deficit or Marek's.

Do you now if she was vaccinated? It takes at least 3 weeks from exposure to develop symptoms of MDV. Great resource on the subject...
Marek's

Seems like it might have been vitamin E and selenium, but so many things can have an impact.

I would break an E over her feed, what is she eating? If you have poultry nutri drench available... dose her! Maybe a little scrambled egg for the selenium it contains. And a human vitamin B complex would likely be beneficial. You should research this supplement thing yourself though as I'm no expert. The nutri drench is a great product, but cannot remember if it has E or not. I know the B cannot be overdosed and E can, but should be okay for treatment.

 

[Eggcessive]

Poor thing. At this age, she could possibly be showing signs of Mareks disease, but an injury or vitamin deficiency would be more common. I would put her on vitamins that include riboflavin (B2) for now, and make sure that she can reach food and water. She may be accident-prone, but hopefully she will heal from being caught. Hopefully, this isn’t Mareks.

 

[stormrobin]

Top two alternatives, if injury has been ruled out... are vitamin deficit or Marek's.

Do you now if she was vaccinated? It takes at least 3 weeks from exposure to develop symptoms of MDV. Great resource on the subject...
Marek's

Seems like it might have been vitamin E and selenium, but so many things can have an impact.

I would break an E over her feed, what is she eating? If you have poultry nutri drench available... dose her! Maybe a little scrambled egg for the selenium it contains. And a human vitamin B complex would likely be beneficial. You should research this supplement thing yourself though as I'm no expert. The nutri drench is a great product, but cannot remember if it has E or not. I know the B cannot be overdosed and E can, but should be okay for treatment.

Injury is ruled out the best I can figure.
I will start vitamins tonight. I have a different brand from the nutri drench it’s a power, ill include a pic. She is eating chick starter daily currently with some home mixed grains couple times a week or so as a treat. Access to grit. I do t know if she is vaccinated or not, I can look up to see if Hoover’s hatchery does before they send them to the local feed store.
And I have a probiotics one that also has vitamins. First three pics is the vitamins/electrolyte one, second three is the probiotics with some vitamins.
Thank you

 

[stormrobin]

Poor thing. At this age, she could possibly be showing signs of Mareks disease, but an injury or vitamin deficiency would be more common. I would put her on vitamins that include riboflavin (B2) for now, and make sure that she can reach food and water. She may be accident-prone, but hopefully she will heal from being caught. Hopefully, this isn’t Mareks.

Yes hopefully. I posted some pics of the vitamins and what I have on hand. Will start some tonight. Thank you

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Injury is ruled out the best I can figure.
I will start vitamins tonight. I have a different brand from the nutri drench it’s a power, ill include a pic. She is eating chick starter daily currently with some home mixed grains couple times a week or so as a treat. Access to grit. I do t know if she is vaccinated or not, I can look up to see if Hoover’s hatchery does before they send them to the local feed store.
And I have a probiotics one that also has vitamins. First three pics is the vitamins/electrolyte one, second three is the probiotics with some vitamins.
Thank you

I would go with whichever has the most vitamins in it. Maybe not both since both contain electrolytes. Some can probably be overdosed??? I know that when the body is low it cannot function properly.

Reason I recommend nutridrench is the immediate uptake and it has amino acids that other supplements do not.

Chick starter is good. But avoid the home mixed grains as they are likely diminishing the vitamin/mineral content of the starter feed, at least while you are seeing issues that might be a deficiency.

Usually feed store chicks are not vaccinated by the hatcheries.

 

[Eggcessive]

NutriDrench does not have riboflavin (B2,) but the Durvet has some. Riboflavin deficiency can be a common cause of leg problems.