Uncontrollable Shaking, can’t balance, please help my Frizzle Chick

[Wyorp Rock]

Frizzle can occur in many breeds but is more common in certain breeds like bantam cochin. If you cross a frizzle Cochin with a silkie you can end up with a sizzle. To tell if your bird has silkie in its breeding look for black skin, extra toes and usually a small crest.

The picture is blurry so it's hard to see these traits. Silkies can have domed skulls that makes them vulnerable to head injuries from pecks, some also can have open areas on their skull even if they aren't domed.

I once had a domed skull silkie that did get pecked in her skull and was never right. Very dumpy and slow, and prone to falling over. She's the main reason I don't keep silkies anymore.

The other option I was thinking was Mareks. It's possible it's advanced far enough to cause the shaking. We generally cull after they can no longer walk efficiently. I doubt your little bird will improve unfortunately, but definitely try vitamins because you never know.

Marek's does come to mind, and the disease does present with neurological symptoms. Since there is no cure, supportive vitamin therapy may help. Head injury like mentioned can have similar symptoms too - this is why I asked about the make up of the bird. While it can be far reaching at times to write it off as a peck to the head - it's always a possibility. There are so many things that can look alike in chickens, sometimes the only way to know for sure is if one passes on and testing is performed.

 

[Eggcessive]

I don’t have much to add, but I would do some reading about avian encephalomyelitis, or AE. Orther names are tremovirus or epidemic tremors. It is a virus that can cause tremors, sitting on hocks, neurological symptoms, imbalance, and they may lie on their sides. Paralysis can occur. It usually appears after hatch up to the first 3 weeks. I don’t know if this could be the problem, but something to check into. Here is a link about it:
http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/avian-encephalomyelitis