Sick chick please help... **video**

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MysteryChicken said:
If she lives, she'll be a carrier herself.
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ive been reading the mareks disease symptoms and the only one she has are the legs.
her appetite if fine. her poop is fine.
her eyes are still green. she hasn't lost any weight, her neck is fine
 
Just to add she can move her legs but can't bear any weight. She have little to no movement in her toes.
 
Five weeks is very young for Mareks symptoms to occur, but very possible. Five to 25 weeks is about the average age. I would try vitamins with riboflavin (B2) just in case there is a deficiency. Usually with the curled under toes, it is B2 deficiency or Mareks. The one leg forward, one leg behind is pretty common in Mareks. So sorry. I would try her in a chicken sling to get her upright and in front of food, if she will tolerate that. If you lose her, it would be good to get testing with a necropsy or a blood serum test for Mareks. Your vet may have info. Here is some reading about Mareks:
http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/Documents/vdl-mareks-disease-fact-sheet.pdf

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/
 
Eggcessive said:
Five weeks is very young for Mareks symptoms to occur, but very possible. Five to 25 weeks is about the average age. I would try vitamins with riboflavin (B2) just in case there is a deficiency. Usually with the curled under toes, it is B2 deficiency or Mareks. The one leg forward, one leg behind is pretty common in Mareks. So sorry. I would try her in a chicken sling to get her upright and in front of food, if she will tolerate that. If you lose her, it would be good to get testing with a necropsy or a blood serum test for Mareks. Your vet may have info. Here is some reading about Mareks:
http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/Documents/vdl-mareks-disease-fact-sheet.pdf

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/
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hi, i had her in a chicken sling but she tolerated it for around 2 days and then kept escaping!
she is much more happy sitting on some bedding or on my lap.
she doesnt have any lack of energy and still continues to try and get up.
whats weird is at first the right leg was curled and the left leg was spread out...now the right leg is stuck out behind and the left leg is sort of tucked under her.
 
It does look quite a bit like Marek's disease. You should isolate her from your other chickens just to be safe. It's very contagious, and the mortality rate is high. You should consider that she might not have been broody in the first place. Broodiness in a chick that age is very unlikely. It was probably an illness manifesting itself in lethargy and such. Make sure she is eating and drinking, and check her poops for diarrhea.
 
FluffyButtBabies said:
It does look quite a bit like Marek's disease. You should isolate her from your other chickens just to be safe. It's very contagious, and the mortality rate is high. You should consider that she might not have been broody in the first place. Broodiness in a chick that age is very unlikely. It was probably an illness manifesting itself in lethargy and such. Make sure she is eating and drinking, and check her poops for diarrhea.
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she wasnt broody. she was hatched out by my broody hen.
she was completely fine jumping around etc until about 1 week ago.
she turned 5 weeks old today.
 

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