Rescue Rooster needs help!

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Human B vitamin complex (B50 or B100 pill - pop it in their beak and they'll swallow) is the treatment for curled toe paralysis, basically the only thing you listed you might could do something about. In bad cases it can take 1-3 months of daily pills to make a difference in the chicken's symptoms. This boy sounds bad. He may have multiple things going on. I'd also be giving him some Nutridrench (molasses water and vitamins) to help stimulate his appetite and the vitamins can't hurt.

I would worm as soon as possible, see if you can get a dog/cat vet to do a fecal float and identify worms or other things they might have. Giardia? Coccidiosis? There's stuff other than worms that can lay them low. I'd treat for all of it if you can't get a fecal float, but knowing what you're treating is best of course.

Note: if you treat for coccidiosis, stop all B vitamins - it prevents the CORID from working properly to kill the coccidiosis. You can give B vitamins again once the course of CORID is over.

There is a member on here, now a couple members, who have successfully treated Merek's with Chinese skullcap mushrooms (I think that's the name of the mushroom). My understanding is that from their observations it doesn't heal it, but puts the Merek's disease in remission (symptom free) as long as the bird takes a therapeutic dose. You'll need to keep a closed flock from then on - no birds ever go out, and you may need to treat everyone once they've all been exposed. Not a vet approved treatment in the US, but there is some literature out there about it. Something to look into.

Thank you so much. This is all wonderful information!

 

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Does he have Mites? If so, then if there's a heavy infestation, this can cause a lot of weakness and anemia.

You're supplementing B and Selenium. How much Selenium? Generally giving some egg in addition to a nutritionally balanced feed is sufficient when it comes to Selenium. Too much especially given as a supplement/pill can be toxic.

Work on hydration and him eating his normal feed. Since he's eating/drinking excessively, offer wet feed and give him a little at a time, it sounds like he's not been eating regularly. Check his crop to make sure it's emptying.

You know what, his crop felt weird this morning. Kind of hard, but I thought maybe he just ate. I'm watching him eat right now and when he bends down to pick up food, some feed and water/mucus comes out, so there's another possible symptom... could also just be too much water going to start deworm today. Drop the selenium, and up the B. Thank you so much for your reply!