Whats wrong with her foot

[henney penny]

Went out to coop this morning and she was holding her foot up,I brought her in and examed it and saw nothing,she is also breathing hard and sometimes opens her mouth to breath,what could be wrong,I have her in a cage in the house right now and gave her water with electolights in it and cooked an egg yolk,she has not drank or ate

 

[henney penny]

HER IN CAGE,SHE IS A 6 MONTH OLD SILKIE PULETT

 

[henney penny]

Anyone????

 

[Laney]

It could be a vitamin deficiency. Other than that I have no clue. I would try to force feed her the water with vitamins and electrolytes in it. Just be very careful to just dribble it onto her beak but not into her nostrils.

Others have recommended Polyvisol WITHOUT iron from the drug store. It's a liquid baby vitamin. I am sure you can look it up in the search to get the dosage. I have never used it but have heard good things. I would imagine it would be easier to use to dose one bird.

Laney

 

[Funky Feathers]

From what I can tell from the pic, it looks like something is wrong with her left foot. Bumblefoot maybe? Can you get a closer pic of that foot?

 

[henney penny]

I gave her one drop of the poly-vi-sol today I have electorlites in her water,but she is not eating or drinking.Its not bumble foot I checked for that.I hope its not mereks

 

[Funky Feathers]

Is she curling her toes under her foot (like it looks in the pic)? Typical sign of Marek's is leg paralysis, laying on one side.

 

[henney penny]

Its straighter this morning,no she is not laying on her side.She has not been drinking or eating that I can tell.

 

[henney penny]

She did eat a little egg yolk.

 

[henney penny]

She made a full recovery and is back in the coop with the others