Vitamin B2 dosage help

[EuclidHenHouse]

I have a 5year old bantam black copper Maran who I believe has Curly Toe Paralysis. Unfortunately we caught it later rather than sooner. (Week 3)
We have her inside, away from our other 3 hens who aren’t showing any signs of illness.
Her poops are somewhat normal
She is eating grapes, hard boiled eggs, tomato, cooked corn and other foods as she has become super picky and won’t eat her later crumble. She was drinking water but won’t anymore since I added D2 drops to her water. So now I am using a syringe to get her fluids in.
My question is how many ml/cc’s of D2 should she have daily?

 

[CabritaChicks]

Do you have a photo? It is often misdiagnosed. Small changes in diet could reap better results before starting on something artificial.

For curled toe paralysis in chickens, vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is the key treatment, not vitamin D2. You can supplement riboflavin at 3–10 mg per kg of feed or use a B-complex supplement in water or food. If using a liquid B2 supplement, dosage is typically 1–3 mg per day for a chick. Offer scrambled eggs or brewer’s yeast as natural sources. Vitamin D3 and calcium also support bone health, but the primary focus should be on riboflavin. If the condition is severe, start supplementation immediately and consult a vet for further care.

I am concerned with the macro and micro nutrients you are feeding- specifically what you mentioned. As that is usually the cause.

 

[Eggcessive]

For curly toes, you need B2 or riboflavin. You just need to give a little. Human B. Omplex vitamins have it and are cheap. Give 1/4 tablet a day, but 1/2 tablet won’t hurt. Riboflavin deficiency should be treated right away because it can become permanent.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Stop all the treats and offer her her regular commercial food with water added to make it sloppy like oatmeal. She needs those nutrients! You can mix in a little plain yogurt if it will encourage her to eat it. As @CabritaChicks said, eggs and brewer's or nutritional yeast are fine.

 

[EuclidHenHouse]

Do you have a photo? It is often misdiagnosed. Small changes in diet could reap better results before starting on something artificial.

For curled toe paralysis in chickens, vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is the key treatment, not vitamin D2. You can supplement riboflavin at 3–10 mg per kg of feed or use a B-complex supplement in water or food. If using a liquid B2 supplement, dosage is typically 1–3 mg per day for a chick. Offer scrambled eggs or brewer’s yeast as natural sources. Vitamin D3 and calcium also support bone health, but the primary focus should be on riboflavin. If the condition is severe, start supplementation immediately and consult a vet for further care.

I am concerned with the macro and micro nutrients you are feeding- specifically what you mentioned. As that is usually the cause.

My mistake, I meant B2!! I have B2 drops and not tablets. She is 5years old so I’m having a hard time finding dosage info that isn’t geared towards chicks.

Her diet is off right now because she isn’t foraging like she does daily and isn’t much interested, if at all with her layer feed.

Forgot to mention her feet seem swollen and warm. She mainly rests on her hackles sometimes with her one leg out to the side

 

[EuclidHenHouse]

Stop all the treats and offer her her regular commercial food with water added to make it sloppy like oatmeal. She needs those nutrients! You can mix in a little plain yogurt if it will encourage her to eat it. As @CabritaChicks said, eggs and brewer's or nutritional yeast are fine.

Oh great advice! Just made some up and she’s LOVING it! Thank you!
My husband is the treat giver. lol

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Oh great advice! Just made some up and she’s LOVING it! Thank you!
My husband is the treat giver. lol

Tell him he would not give a sick child cake and ice cream to the point the child refused their meat and potatoes and then wonder why the child was sick.

I'm glad that worked, thank you for letting me know.

I do not know if that is scaley leg mites (SLM) but in case it is, soak her legs in warm epsom salt water for about ten minutes, then dry her off good with a clean towel. Then coat her feet and legs with a thick grease like Vaseline, cocoa butter, anything like that, to suffocate the mites. Work it in good under the leg scales as best you can. She should enjoy it. Then repeat in 5 days to kill the new mites that hatch from the eggs. The legs won't look better until she sheds the scales and grows new skin, but she should feel better.

 

[EuclidHenHouse]

Tell him he would not give a sick child cake and ice cream to the point the child refused their meat and potatoes and then wonder why the child was sick.

I'm glad that worked, thank you for letting me know.

I do not know if that is scaley leg mites (SLM) but in case it is, soak her legs in warm epsom salt water for about ten minutes, then dry her off good with a clean towel. Then coat her feet and legs with a thick grease like Vaseline, cocoa butter, anything like that, to suffocate the mites. Work it in good under the leg scales as best you can. She should enjoy it. Then repeat in 5 days to kill the new mites that hatch from the eggs. The legs won't look better until she sheds the scales and grows new skin, but she should feel better.

Thank you so much for the advice.
What other symptoms would she show for SLM? Her one leg doesn’t seem to want to extend much and she’s mainly using her other leg when stretching or moving.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Thank you so much for the advice.
What other symptoms would she show for SLM? Her one leg doesn’t seem to want to extend much and she’s mainly using her other leg when stretching or moving.

That doesn't sound like SLM, tbh. Let me ask one of the Educators. I was going by the way it looks.
@Eggcessive?

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like frostbite on the feet to me. Has it been below freezing in the last week or two? Anywhere the toes are purple or black, they will most like fall of in a few weeks. A month to 6 weeks is about average for that to happen before the toes self amputate. It looks like most of one foot may be lost.