Sick Peahen

[Peafowlssssssss]

Is he gaining weight daily?

-Kathy

I guess Yes, i wans't weighting him but i can see he is a lot bigger.

 

[DylansMom]

Okay i know i'm asking a lot, but i have a chick two week old who can't stand on his legs, he will just walk two or three steps then he will sit again, his legs look fine and he doesn't look sick, i read it could be a vitamin deficiency(and i hope its that simple!), just wanted to be more sure.

Peachick? I had a similar issue with one last year.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Peachick? I had a similar issue with one last year.

Yes, he almost back normal this morning

, i have read it could be lack of vitamins D or E, so added vitamins to their water at night yesterday and put him in another brooder with normal bulb. He was in a brooder with red lamp.

This is the article i read yesterday:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/p..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html

What have you done with your chick?

 

[DylansMom]

Yes, he almost back normal this morning

, i have read it could be lack of vitamins D or E, so added vitamins to their water at night yesterday and put him in another brooder with normal bulb. He was in a brooder with red lamp.

This is the article i read yesterday:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/p..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html

What have you done with your chick?

Pretty much the same thing. Mine was a hen chick who appeared perfectly normal until about 3.5 weeks old. She started with the walk a few steps and sit thing and she just looked like her legs were very weak. I administered a multi-vit drop for birds twice a day, and some supplemental calcium. She is a yearling now and I am keeping her because she still shows signs of weakness in the hock joints, but she is able to get around well. She was in with 6 others that had no issues, but she was not from my birds and the others were. She was the lone surviving chick from a friend's hatch, and he had no others her age so he brought her here because I had some only a day older. Wonder if the deficiency could have been in the parent stock?

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Pretty much the same thing. Mine was a hen chick who appeared perfectly normal until about 3.5 weeks old. She started with the walk a few steps and sit thing and she just looked like her legs were very weak. I administered a multi-vit drop for birds twice a day, and some supplemental calcium. She is a yearling now and I am keeping her because she still shows signs of weakness in the hock joints, but she is able to get around well. She was in with 6 others that had no issues, but she was not from my birds and the others were. She was the lone surviving chick from a friend's hatch, and he had no others her age so he brought her here because I had some only a day older. Wonder if the deficiency could have been in the parent stock?

It could be, this also came from a new hen i bought two months ago, if remember right, I think I read something yesterday about the parents nutrition, someone wrote if this problem occurs before the chicks are 6 weeks old then its from the parents nutrition

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

The sick peahen poo today:

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

Here is a video:

Another video of her eye:

You can watch both videos in HD, i just gave another 1.8 ml of Tylan, but honestly she still didn't get any better.

This peahen is still sick, she got a little better last month but now she is getting sick again, her eye almost closed now, the last time I visited the vet, he thinks its an Internal pox disease, he gave some antibiotics to put in the water for 10 days, done it, but she didn't get any better with this antibiotic, now her skin around her eye are getting red, and there are many gunk inside her mouth, should i give her Tylan again?

Just a reminder, i treat her with Tylan 200 and Baytril before, also put some antibiotics in the water before. The best treat that worked with her was Tylan.

 

[KsKingBee]

At this point you have nothing to lose, since Tylan had shown some effectiveness I would use a heavy dosage for a longer time or until she healed. You might even try a duplex shot of Tylan and Penicillin, my vet had me do that last year on a tough case.

 

[KsKingBee]

I think it was one ML of each once a day for five days.

 

[Peafowlssssssss]

At this point you have nothing to lose, since Tylan had shown some effectiveness I would use a heavy dosage for a longer time or until she healed. You might even try a duplex shot of Tylan and Penicillin, my vet had me do that last year on a tough case.

The first time i gave her Tylan i continued giving her for 10 days, I'm worried if she has the immunity of Tylan now, did your bird get better after that?