~*Third Annual Cinco de Mayo Turkey Hatch-Athon*~ all poultry welcome!

[JennaLynn122]

Is this Marek's???

It just started doing this. Falls over a lot and won't eat/drink. And it peeps constantly when it isn't sleeping.
Edit it was not walking. Standing still.

 

[winteree]

Is this Marek's???

It just started doing this. Falls over a lot and won't eat/drink. And it peeps constantly when it isn't sleeping.
Edit it was not walking. Standing still.

I'll look it up shortly until then confine it away from the other chicks and wash you hands with antibacterial soap and hot water after touching the chick and it's bedding etc. if it is mareks and if your not careful it could spread like wild fire and wipe out your whole flock

 

[JennaLynn122]

I'll look it up shortly until then confine it away from the other chicks and wash you hands with antibacterial soap and hot water after touching the chick and it's bedding etc. if it is mareks and if your not careful it could spread like wild fire and wipe out your whole flock

its already in its own brroder and all bedding and areas washed and changed. Washed my hands before I touched the other chicks and new bedding.

 

[HEChicken]

I've never heard of Marek's in a newly hatched chick. Typically its onset is when they are a few weeks to months old.

 

[Alaskan]

Is this Marek's???

It just started doing this. Falls over a lot and won't eat/drink. And it peeps constantly when it isn't sleeping.
Edit it was not walking. Standing still.

Could it have maybe pulled one leg out of joint?

 

[winteree]

its already in its own brroder and all bedding and areas washed and changed. Washed my hands before I touched the other chicks and new bedding.

i have to say I'm with HEchicken on that chicks that do get it and believe me it is rare will be almost completely bald with chicken pocks like pimples and will have difficulty breathing and walking. And they would have to get it from a chicken that already has it. keep the chick isolated until you know the cause it could be something wrong with it's leg or it's insides try giving it a electrolyte mix. my grams swears by save-a-chick but there are some recipes here on backyard chickens if you want to try something tonight. if the chick gets any worse i would say it's time to put it down to keep it's suffering at a minimum

 

[JennaLynn122]

i have to say I'm with HEchicken on that chicks that do get it and believe me it is rare will be almost completely bald with chicken pocks like pimples and will have difficulty breathing and walking. And they would have to get it from a chicken that already has it. keep the chick isolated until you know the cause it could be something wrong with it's leg or it's insides try giving it a electrolyte mix. my grams swears by save-a-chick but there are some recipes here on backyard chickens if you want to try something tonight. if the chick gets any worse i would say it's time to put it down to keep it's suffering at a minimum

so far its about the same. Giving it electrolytes and Im trying to keep a leg brace on it but it keeps working it off

 

[HEChicken]

so far its about the same. Giving it electrolytes and Im trying to keep a leg brace on it but it keeps working it off

Try vet wrap for the leg brace. I had a chick that needed boots and got them off all the time. Then I used vet wrap and they stayed on until no longer needed. I also found that a spraddle legged poult wouldn't keep a bandaid on, but kept on a strip of vet wrap and after a few days it was walking so well I couldn't tell which one it was as soon as I put it back in the brooder.

 

[winteree]

so far its about the same. Giving it electrolytes and Im trying to keep a leg brace on it but it keeps working it off

i would say to use some vet wrap with a tiny dab of honey to keep it on

 

[JennaLynn122]

i would say to use some vet wrap with a tiny dab of honey to keep it on

i had vet wrap on it but apparently the little Chick Hospital wasn't as cat proof as i thought it was.