Shaking Legs and bad balance

[emilystatz]

Hey guys Kiki helped me confirm that it is a he, not a she. He is still having some problems with his legs shaking, it's not as bad but it is still there. On Tuesday I put him back on crumble feed and started the 1/4 tablet B-Complex and the 400IU Vitamin E. I also started adding Rooster Booster to his water. On Thursday I started him on Nutri-Drench. I didn't know if he was supposed to be better by now or if there was something else that is missing.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hey guys Kiki helped me confirm that it is a he, not a she. He is still having some problems with his legs shaking, it's not as bad but it is still there. On Tuesday I put him back on crumble feed and started the 1/4 tablet B-Complex and the 400IU Vitamin E. I also started adding Rooster Booster to his water. On Thursday I started him on Nutri-Drench. I didn't know if he was supposed to be better by now or if there was something else that is missing.

Pick one of those vitamin therapies:

• 1/4 tab B-Complex and 400IU Vitamin E, OR
• Rooster Booster in the water, OR
• Nutri-Drench

Your target vitamins are the B Vitamins (Especially B2 Riboflavin) and Vitamin E. All of those have E, Rooster booster has B2 and E, PND has E.

IF his issue(s) are due to vitamin deficiency, then I would expect the problems to resolve in a week. Some birds do need a longer period of time to recover, me personally, if it took longer, then I would not use him for breeding.

 

[emilystatz]

Hey guys he's getting better but his legs still have some shaking. We're wanting to re-integrate him with his siblings but they're not very happy about it. We brought him out to the run and held him while the other chickens came up to us. The problem is that they're trying to kill him. It's not even them re-establishing the pecking order it's like they're actually trying to kill him. I know they have the instinct to kill when one is wounded so should we wait till his legs have fully stopped shaking? He's also quite scared of them and not wanting to stand up for himself. We really don't want to find him a new home since he is a rooster and that will be quite hard to find one. And because we love him so much.

He is a Rhode Island Red rooster and his siblings are a Rhode Island Red hen, 3 Austrolorp hens and 1 Austrolorp rooster. I didn't let the other rooster near him when first introducing and the hens still tried to attack him.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hey guys he's getting better but his legs still have some shaking. We're wanting to re-integrate him with his siblings but they're not very happy about it. We brought him out to the run and held him while the other chickens came up to us. The problem is that they're trying to kill him. It's not even them re-establishing the pecking order it's like they're actually trying to kill him. I know they have the instinct to kill when one is wounded so should we wait till his legs have fully stopped shaking? He's also quite scared of them and not wanting to stand up for himself. We really don't want to find him a new home since he is a rooster and that will be quite hard to find one. And because we love him so much.

He is a Rhode Island Red rooster and his siblings are a Rhode Island Red hen, 3 Austrolorp hens and 1 Austrolorp rooster. I didn't let the other rooster near him when first introducing and the hens still tried to attack him.

I would not try to put him back until he's fully healed and able to hold his own.
Sadly, he may never recover to that point. Also he may need to be housed separately from now on for his own protection if there's another rooster too.

Is there a way to provide him with his own small coop/run?

 

[emilystatz]

I would not try to put him back until he's fully healed and able to hold his own.
Sadly, he may never recover to that point. Also he may need to be housed separately from now on for his own protection if there's another rooster too.

Is there a way to provide him with his own small coop/run?

We have someone who may be able to take him because they have 2 hens and might want a rooster. If not we have one other that might take him. We're gonna try the best we can to keep him here but I would feel so bad keeping him alone so we're gonna wait to see if he gets any better and try again if he does. Thank you so much though!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I understand. It's not always ideal to house them separately, but it may be something to consider.
Not sure what's been going on with him, so to be honest rehoming to another place with chickens may not be the best, especially if the cause is something communicable like Marek's.

 

[emilystatz]

I understand. It's not always ideal to house them separately, but it may be something to consider.
Not sure what's been going on with him, so to be honest rehoming to another place with chickens may not be the best, especially if the cause is something communicable like Marek's.

How would I know if he has Marek's. He has full strength because he runs and can fly up to the shelf in the coop and he was taking a dirt bath the other day and dug a dip all by himself. It's just when he stands or sometimes when he walks around he shakes.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How would I know if he has Marek's. He has full strength because he runs and can fly up to the shelf in the coop and he was taking a dirt bath the other day and dug a dip all by himself. It's just when he stands or sometimes when he walks around he shakes.

Contact your state lab to see if they have testing kits that you can send to them. If not, then testing through Vetdna may be your best bet.
https://www.vetdna.com/test-type/avian-bird

State Poultry Labs https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html