What is wrong with this chicken?

[Billie371]

Help! Tonight we found one dead chicken and then we found this girl twitching her head. We inspected our waters and we found mold in one of them. Could this be from the mold? If so is there any way to help her? Or does anyone know what could be wrong with her?

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

Does anyone know how I can?

You can upload the video to something like Youtube and then post the link.
Thats how i've seen it done.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

Help! Tonight we found one dead chicken and then we found this girl twitching her head. We inspected our waters and we found mold in one of them. Could this be from the mold? If so is there any way to help her? Or does anyone know what could be wrong with her?

Eww poor girl how often do you clean it?

 

[Billie371]

I think I got it.

 

[Billie371]

Eww poor girl how often do you clean it?

My husband just made a rain barrel that I have seen on Pinterest and it had the mold. It's been 2 weeks. So I think we are going to have to get rid of it.

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

@Eggcessive

 

[Isabella6Storm4]

I did a little digging and the only thing i found related to mold with neck shaking as a sign was called Ergotism or Sod disease.
It's rare and is picked up from moldy feed but i dont see why water wouldnt do it.
Are there any more symptoms or things that are off about her?

 

[Eggcessive]

Hard to know for sure if the death and the chicken with the neurological symptoms are related, unless you get a necropsy on Monday by your state vet. The treatment for mold is to stop the exposure. Vitamin E 400 IU softgel given orally one a day can treat some neurological symptoms. She needs to be separated to protect her from others hurting her. Seizure like behavior can occur in chickens from an unknown cause, head injuries, and vitamin E deficiency.

 

[Billie371]

I did a little digging and the only thing i found related to mold with neck shaking as a sign was called Ergotism or Sod disease.
It's rare and is picked up from moldy feed but i dont see why water wouldnt do it.
Are there any more symptoms or things that are off about her?

No she doesn't have any other symptoms really. She is having a hard time walking but I think that is from the head shaking. If I hold her I can get her to drink fresh water but she isn't really eating. I got her to take a couple bites of egg.

 

[Chicken poppy]

I had something similar and she ended up having Mareks, i will do more details below incase you’re curious.

She had a start of a lash egg and strange yellow lesions throughout the body, with ovarian cancer/ascites. She had enlarged heart and thickened stomach lining. She just began twisting her neck to the side, not eating, very strange (runny/undigested poop, or bright neon purple/blue, etc.) uncoordinated and began to be paralyzed for moments before getting up again. i just thought i would share. There are many other things this could be other then what was described above.