Silkie with scaly leg mites

[Alicrawf914]

Please get a picture of her poop and your silkie. How many other birds is she housed with? What are the dimensions of their coop? Is she able to use her legs and feet if you stand her up? Have you checked her crop (especially 1st thing in the morning)? Lastly, are her eyes blocked by her crest at all?

It's strange because her wings and legs are definitely not paralyzed. Sometimes she "spazzes" out and pushes herself straight up tall with her legs and flaps her wings and sqwauks. But she won't stand her walk and just lays with her eyes closed all day. She is still making her little " bup bup" noises when we talk to her. We have her seperated from the others right now, but her coop is like 40 sq feet and their run is over 300 sq ft. She is in with 10 other birds, almost all bantams. Her poop has been completely normal.

 

[Alicrawf914]

Is she drinking?

She only drinks if I put it in her mouth

 

[Alicrawf914]

This is the same Silkie as in these other 2 thread?
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkie-stumbles-backward-and-falls-over.1413641/
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkie-cant-stand-or-walk.1413924/#post-23217659
Have you been giving her vitamin therapy (E and B-Complex) as suggested?

I'm sorry but she may be failing since it's been going on so long.
Hard to know what's going on with her. It could be Marek's or some other issue.
You can try tube feeding her for several days to see if that makes any difference.

She is also very happy to eat if I put it in her mouth, but won't pick at it herself. It seems like she just has very low energy.

 

[HeatherKellyB]

I know that you said that she's not broody and hasn't begun laying yet, but for future reference, this is how my Bella (my precious white silkie hen ~not the silkie in my profile pic~) is whenever she's broody. She will get up to eat, but not often. However, she will eat whatever I bring her. She also "spazzes" (PERFECT term for this!) out, stands tall, flaps her wings, and squeels. I am rooting for your silkie so much! What's her name?

 

[HeatherKellyB]

@Wyorp Rock is probably out doing chicken chores right now (she's in the same state as me and we're less than an hour away from dark) but I'm sure she'll be on and respond soon.

 

[Painted Calls]

I just got done going through this... twice. Tube feeding every 3/4 hours, frequent baths, etc. It does sound like Marek's to me.

Either way, tube feeding is going to be your only way to make sure she's getting enough calories and water.

 

[Alicrawf914]

I know that you said that she's not broody and hasn't begun laying yet, but for future reference, this is how my Bella (my precious white silkie hen ~not the silkie in my profile pic~) is whenever she's broody. She will get up to eat, but not often. However, she will eat whatever I bring her. She also "spazzes" (PERFECT term for this!) out, stands tall, flaps her wings, and squeels. I am rooting for your silkie so much! What's her name?

Her name is Bubbles

 

[Wyorp Rock]

She has been getting vitamin b, vitamin e. And selenium every day. She has been staying pretty much the same, hasn't gotten any worse. It's strange because her wings and legs are definitely not paralyzed. Sometimes she "spazzes" out and pushes herself straight up tall with her legs and flaps her wings and sqwauks. But she won't stand her walk and just lays with her eyes closed all day. She is still making her little " bup bup" noises when we talk to her.

It's been a couple of weeks.
I would not give any more Selenium, just give her a bit of eggs that will be sufficient for the uptake of E.

I'm sorry, but to me it does sound like she may be suffering from Marek's.

 

[Alicrawf914]

Please get a picture of her poop and your silkie. How many other birds is she housed with? What are the dimensions of their coop? Is she able to use her legs and feet if you stand her up? Have you checked her crop (especially 1st thing in the morning)? Lastly, are her eyes blocked by her crest at all?

This is her poop this morning. It was all one big glob, but it was stuck on her butt feathers, so I pulled it off. There is a little bit of reddish in it.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Looks like intestinal shedding.