URGENT!! HELP PLEASE! Buff Orpington can not walk!

[hlroudeb]

My Buff Orpington is 3 year sold this month. For the past 2-3 months she has been getting slower & slower in her walking. She has good days & bad.
It's like she has arthritis! She has alot of trouble keeping her balance. It's like her feet hurt so bad she can't walk!

Today was a bad day! She only made it out 3 steps out of the coop. I thought she would make it across the yard slowly as she normally does, but she didn't.
I came home from work and she was still laying in the same spot...... in the 95 degree heat..... hotter int he sun!
I think I got to her just in time.....
I brought her in to the cooler house (78)... gave her water buy a dropper and she's eating..... but she can not stand.
She seems healthy... just can not walk!!!

WHAT IS WRONG???? I feel it's almost too late.....

PLease tell me what you think!! Ever seen this??

Thank You, Heather - Indiana

 

[coonriver]

I had the same thing happen with a RI Red hen,found her dead today,she had been having a hard time walking the last week or so.had to pick her up and put her by the food and water everyday.still don't know what it was from?

 

[galanie]

Does she have one leg forward and one back or both going the same direction? I cannot for the life of me remember what it's called when they have that disease where one is forward and one back, but it's BAD.

 

[Eggcessive]

Could she have bumblefoot? That is a staph infection of the pads of the feet caused by various things like walking on sharp rocks, and jumping off high rosts causing trauma to the skin.

 

[WooingWyandotte]

Quote:
Are you talking about Mareks?

 

[hlroudeb]

I checked her feet for bumblefoot.... No sign. Her feet are directly under her. She can push my hands away with her feet/legs... She moves them. Just won't stand for more than 3 sec. And won't walk.... Falls to her side. How do you check for Mareks?

 

[PuffnStuff34]

Is her head tilting at all?

 

[hlroudeb]

No head tilt.... Acts just fine but can not walk! I have some photos I'm going to post in a new thread...please look for them!

 

[spiritdance]

Check for egg binding.

 

[hlroudeb]

Her & Her twin stopped laying eggs last November.... (???) after a coop attack.