Squirglederk
In the Brooder
- Oct 17, 2015
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I have been away for 2 weeks. The morning I left noticed a 4 year old silkie hen using a wing to support herself. I penned her separately. My adult daughter has been caring for them. 6 of 8 of them have been vaccinated against Mareks, wormed with Nilverm and powdered against mites. I came home last night and she has no use of either legs, my daughter has been giving her pentavite, childrens vitimins. Drove 50km round trip to vet, who advised shes not good with birds but gave us ph no. Of a bird vet. They wanted a consult fee of $120, more than double our vet. We have opted to euthanase tonight so this is a cry for last minute help. Due to unwanted bird visitors, a few months ago purchased a treadle feeder for their layer pellets. The older ones still cannot use it and wait for the youngsters to open it. As she is at the bottom of the pecking order I've been wondering that maybe shes not been getting her pellets and just been free ranging. Thought I might try Vitimin B. My question is, should I try this? Might it work? How long before I would see improvement? And how much and what sort of Vitimin B should I use. I'm in Australia. Thanks in advance