jdavidson
Chirping
I have a Welsummer hen that is about 9 to 10 months old. About 2 to 2- 1/2 months ago she started limping on her left leg. She could walk but you could tell it was slighlty uncomfortable. After research I checked her foot- no injuries noted, no "bumblefoot", treated for mites since I saw a few very tine red looking bugs, which by the way I no longer see. The limping never got better but WORSE. She started seeming weak, unable to balance completely to walk a few steps and what I thought was labored breathing only when laying eggs is all the time, so I quarentined her, gave her vitamins in water which she didn't like, so I tried foods like broccolli and yogurt and scrambled eggs in addition to her pellets in case she had low iron or calcium. She did have one shelless egg. I let her out of the cage beacuse I though she seemed like she was getting a little depressed, still not better..same symptoms BUT her egg production is the same. I read about Maricks disease and got really worried...but today although it takes a lot out of her and she still has trouble balancing she flew a good 4 feet in the air from table perch to table perch.... she does have some curlness in her left toes. Also I tried B complex injections twice a month ago. Any ideas of what this may be?