dark comb, weak legs.
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:48 am
I'm at a loss, and a little beside myself this time. I've got a pullet 11 months old, showing confusing symptoms. Three days ago I noticed her staggering a bit when she flew up to the feed bin as I was filling it. I snatched her up and the only thing of note was that her comb was a little dark.
I hoped it was bruised from rooster attention, but two days later (and a house chicken since yesterday) her comb is the same and she's still weak in the legs. She's eating ok, but is pickier about food--it has to be dry. If I give her fermented grain or soaked kibble, she just pretends to eat it, but regular scratch/layer/dog food she eats with relish. Her is normal grayish with white streaks and the occasional brown cecal . She roosts in the evening and gets down in the morning, but acts like her legs won't hold her each time she jumps up or down. No evidence of an ear infection or a nutrient deficiency. She's not gettingworse, but not getting better either. Her comb is dark, and she's wobbly, which makes me think something is wrong with her heart, but her condition and attitude remain excellent. Could she have eaten some weird plant or mushroom? I'm grasping at straws, because she's a favourite, not getting worse or better, and later this morning, my 3 day rule must go into effect.
I don't name most, but her name is Cookies n Cream, sister to Cream n Cookies.
Ideas?
I hoped it was bruised from rooster attention, but two days later (and a house chicken since yesterday) her comb is the same and she's still weak in the legs. She's eating ok, but is pickier about food--it has to be dry. If I give her fermented grain or soaked kibble, she just pretends to eat it, but regular scratch/layer/dog food she eats with relish. Her is normal grayish with white streaks and the occasional brown cecal . She roosts in the evening and gets down in the morning, but acts like her legs won't hold her each time she jumps up or down. No evidence of an ear infection or a nutrient deficiency. She's not gettingworse, but not getting better either. Her comb is dark, and she's wobbly, which makes me think something is wrong with her heart, but her condition and attitude remain excellent. Could she have eaten some weird plant or mushroom? I'm grasping at straws, because she's a favourite, not getting worse or better, and later this morning, my 3 day rule must go into effect.
I don't name most, but her name is Cookies n Cream, sister to Cream n Cookies.
Ideas?