Sick chicken!

[Rocky_Road_Poultry]

I have a 7 month old polish who's been acting sick. First it started with a limp, now she can't stand up. We've been giving her vitamins and minerals daily along with food and water. We make her eggs and she eats willingly, so she has an appetite. I was thinking mareks or maybe a riboflavin (vitamin B-2) deficiency. She doesn't have any of the mareks symptoms, just the paralysis. What's wrong with her and how can I help?

 

[SmiYa0126]

Can you post pictures? Does she have any injuries on her feet or legs? Have you dewormed recently?

@Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive maybe you have some additional insights?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have a 7 month old polish who's been acting sick. First it started with a limp, now she can't stand up. We've been giving her vitamins and minerals daily along with food and water. We make her eggs and she eats willingly, so she has an appetite. I was thinking mareks or maybe a riboflavin (vitamin B-2) deficiency. She doesn't have any of the mareks symptoms, just the paralysis. What's wrong with her and how can I help?

What vitamins have you been giving?

A video of her or photos would be good.

For video, upload to Youtube and provide a link.

Are you feeding her a normal nutritionally balanced feed in addition to the eggs?

Marek's disease does come to mind and Paralysis IS a symptom of Marek's.
Vitamin therapy can be tried by giving 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily.

Can she see well?

 

[Eggcessive]

Make sure that your vitamin has riboflavin (B2.) The b complex or super b complex has riboflavin.

 

[clrdogrl]

I have a 7 month old polish who's been acting sick. First it started with a limp, now she can't stand up. We've been giving her vitamins and minerals daily along with food and water. We make her eggs and she eats willingly, so she has an appetite. I was thinking mareks or maybe a riboflavin (vitamin B-2) deficiency. She doesn't have any of the mareks symptoms, just the paralysis. What's wrong with her and how can I help?

Do you have an update on your girl?

 

[Rocky_Road_Poultry]

Sorry, haven't been on BYC in a few months. My polish got worse and we had to put her down. We also had a chicken die today from what seems like similar symptoms, just a few months apart. I put a thread up on Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures about the problem.

 

[Cynthia12]

Bird flu? It's hitting chickens pretty hard from what I've been reading.