- Feb 6, 2007
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Beth G. :
I agree it could be alot of things but, when your talking vitamin defiency there is no way that one leg would be doing that. Vitamin defiency usually give them a lame leg or a bit of toe distortion but, not a total overnight, turn of the leg at the hock/haunches area like that. Look at the one side shot where the leg is twisting back and upwards. That is way beyond vitamin issues. I also have seen first hand Mareks and I have to say this birds does have most of the signs my friends JG had. I've also had them start like this and before it got too far I put them down humanly.
I guess only time will tell and if the other leg starts to distort it's most likely Mareks and unfortunatly their are soo many different wild strains out there, there will be no way to pin point where it came from and how it happened. Most people don't realize we carry these germs on our clothing on a normal basis in and out of the house and then go pick up a cute fluffy chick without even realizing we didn't change our clothes or wash our hands etc..
I do not think it is a head injury b/c the chick appears to have its head held up high and normal. It could have a hip injury or leg injury from a rowdy roo but, the OP didn't say anything about that I
I really hope I'm wrong about this b/c I'd hate to see another birds go through what my friends bird goes through but, that's up to the individual owner and I think at this point only time will tell
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It could be Vitamin B defiency.
I agree it could be alot of things but, when your talking vitamin defiency there is no way that one leg would be doing that. Vitamin defiency usually give them a lame leg or a bit of toe distortion but, not a total overnight, turn of the leg at the hock/haunches area like that. Look at the one side shot where the leg is twisting back and upwards. That is way beyond vitamin issues. I also have seen first hand Mareks and I have to say this birds does have most of the signs my friends JG had. I've also had them start like this and before it got too far I put them down humanly.
I guess only time will tell and if the other leg starts to distort it's most likely Mareks and unfortunatly their are soo many different wild strains out there, there will be no way to pin point where it came from and how it happened. Most people don't realize we carry these germs on our clothing on a normal basis in and out of the house and then go pick up a cute fluffy chick without even realizing we didn't change our clothes or wash our hands etc..
I do not think it is a head injury b/c the chick appears to have its head held up high and normal. It could have a hip injury or leg injury from a rowdy roo but, the OP didn't say anything about that I
I really hope I'm wrong about this b/c I'd hate to see another birds go through what my friends bird goes through but, that's up to the individual owner and I think at this point only time will tell
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It could be Vitamin B defiency.
I also think it may very well be Mareks. Beth is right, time or a necropsy will be the only way to establish what it is. There is one other thing that has begun to surface, a more virulent form of Mareks in the wild that vaccines are not working on.
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