yearling hen off balance, now not eating much

lindy

Crowing
15 Years
Sep 6, 2009
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My only dark brahma. She stopped laying but figured its normal since she hasnt laid many to begin with. She was hatched here and was the only female so kept her. Her feet and legs seem fine. but she was off on one side. So the following day, i put her in a kennel, i thought she jumped off the roost wrong. She was also thin and found out she was just pecking at the food. She got worse on her balance and is off on the right side.SHe has grip in her feet.
She is eating black berries without an issue but after a week she quit eating any of her feed. she will pick at sunflower seeds and sometimes oats but still eats a few blackberries. I have been forcing some high quality cat food so she doesnt starve. IM not sure what to do. She has no raspatory issues, her poop looks normal. I gave in and put her in a stall so she has a bit more room, she is making happy noises but didnt help her eating. She flaps her wings and walks a bit then looses muscle function and lays down. I started vit e caps and some liquid b complex. need to go get some tums. Any other suggestions> what is the min a chicken needs to live? I dont think im forcing enough but dont want to stress her out either.
 
My only dark brahma. She stopped laying but figured its normal since she hasnt laid many to begin with. She was hatched here and was the only female so kept her. Her feet and legs seem fine. but she was off on one side. So the following day, i put her in a kennel, i thought she jumped off the roost wrong. She was also thin and found out she was just pecking at the food. She got worse on her balance and is off on the right side.SHe has grip in her feet.
She is eating black berries without an issue but after a week she quit eating any of her feed. she will pick at sunflower seeds and sometimes oats but still eats a few blackberries. I have been forcing some high quality cat food so she doesnt starve. IM not sure what to do. She has no raspatory issues, her poop looks normal. I gave in and put her in a stall so she has a bit more room, she is making happy noises but didnt help her eating. She flaps her wings and walks a bit then looses muscle function and lays down. I started vit e caps and some liquid b complex. need to go get some tums. Any other suggestions> what is the min a chicken needs to live? I dont think im forcing enough but dont want to stress her out either.
Can you get photos of her and her poop? Anything odd about her eyes?

What do you normally feed?
Has she been dewormed?

Good idea to get the vitamins into her.
If she's not laid an egg in a while, she may be having some troubles, so getting TUMS into her or better yet 1 Calcium Citrate+D3 tablet once daily for a few days may be helpful.

Try to encourage her to eat her normal feed, try it made into a mash. Offer bits of egg, fish or meat to entice her.

Hard to know what's ailing her.
 
Feed is a semi- local mix, wheat,peas,camel ina meal, fish meal, alfalfa meal,limestone then all the other things, 17% protein, lysine 1%,+@cal 4.5, phos .5, selnium .25 ppm
 
I’m going to deworm her with ivermectrin today since she isn’t much better. She is walking around but is a skeleton from not eating much.
The food is generally mash as they would pick out the good things, I tried raw eggs with the feed but she didn’t want it.
 
someone said it might be mereks. I am not so sure since no one else has any symptoms. Has anyone had this virus and only have one bird show symptoms? I have 2 dozen birds
 

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