strange behavior prior to first egg

[DebsChicks]

As someone who has no chickens (yet!), this is interesting. I hope she is able to pass the egg soon and recovers from this.

 

[amie]

Oh my goodness I just found this story and really want to know what happend ? the to-be-continued is driving me nuts ... I hope shes feeling much better

 

[juicebox]

still no egg. in fact, if it wasn't for the lethargy and the falling over, i wouldn't think anything is wrong with her. she's eating, drinking and pooping normally as far as i can tell. she's been inside the house for the last 18 hours or so.

 

[juicebox]

here is a picture of her vent.

it shows the swelling in that area. we can't feel an egg (even when sticking a finger in the vent), but she can poop. is this swelling normal or characteristic of anything?

here's a video of her stumbling around a bit.

has anyone seen either before? does this look like egg bound?

 

[chuckzoo]

The video clip was quite short but it seems as if she is having trouble with one leg?

Does she protest i.e., does she seem to have pain when you palpate the area around the vent?

 

[juicebox]

no. we now think it's Marek's.

 

[chuckzoo]

Oh no I hope not - that had occured to me.

Here is a website with good info on Marek's.

Keep us posted.

 

[juicebox]

i think you forgot the link

 

[MikasGirl]

oh! I watched your video and I think she is so pretty

I hope she recovers. you are right to keep her separate, doesn't Marek's usually happen earlier though? Good luck ~ kim

 

[chuckzoo]

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I did - sorry about that.
Not to give you false hope but I also remembered reading a post where someone had a similar problems and found that it was actually caused by a deficiency in one of the B Vitamins, I am looking for the post at the moment.

http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/webpages/cart-6ptvyh?open