Sick Chicken

[tracee]

I have a bantam rooster that can't stand. If I try to stand him up he falls on his head or side. I have been hand feeding/watering him for about 4 days. This problem started out slowly; at first I thought one of the other roosters hurt him because he could stand and walk but he was quite wobbly. He has progressively gotten worse. He eats as long as I feed him and his poo looks pretty normal. Is there anything I can do for this little guy?

 

[hinkjc]

How old is the little guy? Any respiratory (breathing) problems? Any other symptoms you can think of to help try to figure out what's going on?

Jody

 

[dlhunicorn]

Adding a good supplement like Avia Charge 2000... in additional a week (once a day) of POLYVISOL (childrens liquid vitamins) three drops a day into beak will ensure any vit deficiencies involved are addressed.

 

[FarmerDenise]

If he is under 1 year old, one of the first symptoms of Marek's disease is lameness. I was told that even immunized chickens can come down with this, that the immunization is only 75% effective. There is no cure

There are so many things that can go wrong with chickens, often only a necropsy (i.e. "autopsy") can determine what caused the chicken's death.
Sorry to bring this up.

 

[alex]

im so sorry for that.