Unable to walk or stand

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I have had Daisy seperated in a dog crate for a week now. She is unable to walk or stand and sits back on her legs. I dont see any bruising, feel any heat, her feet dont show any cuts and her tendon looks to be in place.
She is eating and drinking well. Besides not walking, her health hasnt declined an no other body parts are acting odd. When i do hold her, her hurt leg seems to be longer. And when she tries to walk her hurt leg goes into the air.
I have posted about this before and I didnt get alot of input.
Please let me know what you guys think! Im so sad for her.
Does anyone know anything on a chicken sling? Im not sure what that helps.

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Sorry about your hen. I would like to also see a picture of her right eye. In your other thread, you mentioned that you didn’t think she has Mareks. I am a little suspicious that she might have some early symptoms. Her pupil outline looks a little fuzzy in the left eye picture, and while not all cases of Mareks causes eye symptoms, sometimes the pupil outline becomes irregular and the iris can lose color gradually. Many times when chickens become lame in one leg, the other chickens may attack them because they sense something is wrong. Hopefully, it is not the dreaded Mareks, but an injury or a vitamin deficiency. Time will tell.

Chicken slings and chairs can be helpful to get them upright, keep them cleaner, and get them in front of food and water. They should be given periods of rest out of the sling. Some chickens will fight and try to escape slings, so watch for that. Look at all of the pages of sling designs here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

And a video:



Here is the OP’s other earlier thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hurt-leg-hip.1417653/
 
Sorry about your hen. I would like to also see a picture of her right eye. In your other thread, you mentioned that you didn’t think she has Mareks. I am a little suspicious that she might have some early symptoms. Her pupil outline looks a little fuzzy in the left eye picture, and while not all cases of Mareks causes eye symptoms, sometimes the pupil outline becomes irregular and the iris can lose color gradually. Many times when chickens become lame in one leg, the other chickens may attack them because they sense something is wrong. Hopefully, it is not the dreaded Mareks, but an injury or a vitamin deficiency. Time will tell.

Chicken slings and chairs can be helpful to get them upright, keep them cleaner, and get them in front of food and water. They should be given periods of rest out of the sling. Some chickens will fight and try to escape slings, so watch for that. Look at all of the pages of sling designs here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

And a video:



Here is the OP’s other earlier thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hurt-leg-hip.1417653/
Yeah, unfortunately she is getting picked on alot. I took her out today to try and get a video of her walking, but she didnt walk at all. Instead she got attacked by the other girls so I put her back.
Is there anything you think I should try?
 
Sorry about your hen. I would like to also see a picture of her right eye. In your other thread, you mentioned that you didn’t think she has Mareks. I am a little suspicious that she might have some early symptoms. Her pupil outline looks a little fuzzy in the left eye picture, and while not all cases of Mareks causes eye symptoms, sometimes the pupil outline becomes irregular and the iris can lose color gradually. Many times when chickens become lame in one leg, the other chickens may attack them because they sense something is wrong. Hopefully, it is not the dreaded Mareks, but an injury or a vitamin deficiency. Time will tell.

Chicken slings and chairs can be helpful to get them upright, keep them cleaner, and get them in front of food and water. They should be given periods of rest out of the sling. Some chickens will fight and try to escape slings, so watch for that. Look at all of the pages of sling designs here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

And a video:



Here is the OP’s other earlier thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hurt-leg-hip.1417653/
 

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Yeah, unfortunately she is getting picked on alot. I took her out today to try and get a video of her walking, but she didnt walk at all. Instead she got attacked by the other girls so I put her back.
Is there anything you think I should try?
You could try some vitamins—human B complex 1/2 tablet daily crushed onto some food or dissolved in a little water daily. I would try to let her out for some exercise on her own, say before the others goe out in am and after the others go to roost. Or, if you can separate her with a fence between her and the others. Here is some reading about Mareks disease:
http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/Documents/vdl-mareks-disease-fact-sheet.pdf

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/
 
You could try some vitamins—human B complex 1/2 tablet daily crushed onto some food or dissolved in a little water daily. I would try to let her out for some exercise on her own, say before the others goe out in am and after the others go to roost. Or, if you can separate her with a fence between her and the others. Here is some reading about Mareks disease:
http://csu-cvmbs.colostate.edu/Documents/vdl-mareks-disease-fact-sheet.pdf

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/the-great-big-giant-mareks-disease-faq.66077/
Damn, after reading that I am affraid she has the disease.
What B vitamin would you recommend?
 

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