wry neck? seizures? sick hen :(

[Elektra2167]

Hi,
Recently we had a bad storm and one of my polish hens must have gotten injured or possibly injured by the others, and we lost her. The next day we had another one go down, but she was in much better shape that the first one. So I put her in an individual pen in the back yard. She was there for about 10 days and seemed to be doing well. Last weekend we had another round of storms, and on Mon. she was all curled up kinda upside down and barely breathing, then flopping around and not looking good. After much looking on this wonderful site, I think she might have wry neck or something similar. I couldn't get her to eat or drink for 2 days. After that I was able to get droppers of liquid into her. She would either just lay kinda all upside down, or flap around almost like she was having seizures. After lots of hand feeding, she is now to the point that she can stand (briefly) and at least sit upright, instead of upside down. She is trying to eat on her own, but bobbles a lot and so I am still hand feeding her some. It make me dizzy just to watch her, she has to be miserable.
Any hope that she will get better? She has made improvements, but she is a long way from going back to her pen. Right now she is in my dining room. And while hubby is being very patient, not sure how long that will last!
Attached is a pic of Molly before she got sick. She is 5 months old.
Any ideas / suggestions appreciated.

 

[TeamChaos]

Awww, what a pretty chicken! I do not have any polish, so I am not sure if they have a special sensitivity to the rain or anything like that.
Were your birds in a coop at the time of the storm? Did any part of the bird or the coop get wet? I'd first suspect that maybe food or bedding got wet- mold and fungus can grow quickly (especially if you have extreme temps) and can make birds very sick quickly as well. What kind of food are they eating? Have you checked to make sure the food did not get wet in the rain? To they have access to compost or kitchen scraps that may have decomposed in the rain and led to botulism poisoning? Did the first bird have any visible injuries?

 

[Elektra2167]

Thanks I think she is cute.
Their entire area was soaked. We cleaned it out and repaired the roof, but they were probably wet for 12 hours. When the second storm hit, Molly's feed and water area was still dry, but she was quite wet. I am thinking maybe with the wind and being wet she just got too cold being by herself. Or something scared her and she injured herself trying to 'escape' whatever it was.

She is trying to eat on her own, but I don't think she is getting a whole lot that way. She bobbles so much it is hard for her to aim for the food bowl. So I am still hand feeding her, kinda holding my hand over her head just enough to keep her from bobbing and she manages to eat better that way.
Just wondering if there is any prognosis for her to fully recover? She is definitely better, but but certainly not well enough that I can put her back in her pen yet. She stood up this morning briefly before she fell over again. But at least she is sitting up and able to right herself on her own.

I've never had a hen do this, and it was pretty scary getting her through the first few days.

 

[Elektra2167]

Oh, they are on Dumor feed, we had them on Purina, but it didn't seem to make any difference. And no, there were no visible injuries on the first hen. Molly was actually at the point where I was going to put her back with the flock when she got the dizzies. Maybe that was her way of saying she preferred the back yard.