Sickly speckled sussex

[SPike2019]

I have some beautiful speckled sussex. I started out with about 7 very young ones and the majority ended up being roosters with two hens. One hen died out of no where early this year. But I have my last hen and her legs are very pale and she seems weak in her legs. Will stay low to the ground the majority of the time. She has yet to lay an egg and I would say I have had her since probably late november. I've narrowed it down to just her and a rooster..help I dont know what to do for her

 

[azygous]

I would give her another month to mature enough to start laying. You can tell how close she is to point of lay by locating her pelvic "knobs" on each side of her vent. If you can fit two fingers between them side by side, she is ready to start laying at any time. If they are still very close together, point of lay may be several weeks away.

However, if the rooster is mating her and she remains in a crouch afterward, she may be frightened of him or he may be too rough and she's being traumatized. You need to observe her behavior more closely to determine if she's being bullied and picked on more so than being simply mated. There is a way to resolve this if you think she's a victim of bullying.

 

[SPike2019]

I'm am less worried about the eggs than I am about her health. She has a tendency to stubble around like she's drunk I've never seen anything like it

 

[azygous]

Balance issues can signify something serious. But they are also very difficult to diagnose.

Marek's symptoms include balance issues and lameness. These symptoms can also be from a toxic substance such as moldy feed, petroleum distillates such as insecticides and solvents. To narrow it down, you will need to do some detective work.

Search every inch of your chicken range area for anything that could have poisoned her. It took me two entire days to narrow down a toxin poisoning my flock to a log splitter leaking hydraulic fluid where my chickens picked up grit. Once I got rid of this source, I had no more chickens turn up lame.

 

[SPike2019]

Balance issues can signify something serious. But they are also very difficult to diagnose.

Marek's symptoms include balance issues and lameness. These symptoms can also be from a toxic substance such as moldy feed, petroleum distillates such as insecticides and solvents. To narrow it down, you will need to do some detective work.

Search every inch of your chicken range area for anything that could have poisoned her. It took me two entire days to narrow down a toxin poisoning my flock to a log splitter leaking hydraulic fluid where my chickens picked up grit. Once I got rid of this source, I had no more chickens turn up lame.

Did the lame ones recover?

 

[azygous]

No. Lameness caused by petroleum distillates is permanent. It will kill outright chicks and small chickens.

 

[SPike2019]

Well she's been like this for a little while now and she's still living so I dont think she was poisoned..just acts very strange

 

[lhines08]

No. Lameness caused by petroleum distillates is permanent. It will kill outright chicks and small chickens.

I know this is an old post but can you help with my question ?

So I'm trying not to panic. My husband forgot to tell me he spilled a little bit of hydraulic fluid. Our flock walked over it and 3 out of 8 of them pecked at it once or twice at most. I reviewed out cameras to confirm this. It was not in a puddle it was on top of the snow so in was sort of soaked in.

Should they be okay. Do I have to pull eggs or anything ?

 

[azygous]

The eggs are the least of the worry. Unfortunately, if any chickens consumes any of the contaminated snow, they will show symptoms pretty quickly. First comes imbalance. Then comes paralysis. It acts on the nervous system quickly. There is no way to neutralize or flush petroleum distillates out of a chicken's system. It's hideously poisonous.

I hope you schooled the big guy to scoop up any contaminated snow or dirt or gravel immediately. It's just heart breakingly sad seeing a chicken that's been poisoned. The best you can hope for is mild lameness or hope they missed the snow that was contaminated.

 

[lhines08]

The eggs are the least of the worry. Unfortunately, if any chickens consumes any of the contaminated snow, they will show symptoms pretty quickly. First comes imbalance. Then comes paralysis. It acts on the nervous system quickly. There is no way to neutralize or flush petroleum distillates out of a chicken's system. It's hideously poisonous.

I hope you schooled the big guy to scoop up any contaminated snow or dirt or gravel immediately. It's just heart breakingly sad seeing a chicken that's been poisoned. The best you can hope for is mild lameness or hope they missed the snow that was contaminated.

Any idea how long before we would start to see symptoms? I'm super upset with him .
Just wondering if I should pull all our eggs for our a little while for our own safety