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[not enough chickens]

fed my chooks as normal everyone fine no probs , come in the house and started washing up looking out the window to see my favourite volty a 6 month old ( if that ) silkie go from pecking away at a bit of fruit cake to not being able to walk just flopping about the place, meaning everone would decided t have a peck at her ,i have picked her up and brought her in , but shes being funny, she has her head tilted to the side and most of the time its completly upside down, shes managing t stand now but is walking round in circles and tripping over herself , is it just shock, as shes has always been timid or is it something more serious ? what is wrong what can i do for her

Edited February 3, 2012 by Guest

[quickcluck]

Oh you poor thing, what a shock. I'd say a vet trip is needed..... do you know of a good one? There is a section on here that list vets in any area..... Or i'd phone round and see who'll see poultry.....

 

Fingers crossed....

[Guest]

Oooh ! The suddenness of that is strange! I wonder if it could have been a stroke? They can have them!

[Tweety]

I wonder if she has had a stroke- I had similar problems with one of my frizzle bantams, and my avian specialist vet diagnosed a stroke or brain tumour.

I agree that she needs to see a vet and, in the meantime, separate her from the others. There's not much else you can do by the sound of it.

Good luck

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Poor girl . I agree, the vet is probably the only option. It's hard to know what could be causing it

[not enough chickens]

i have been doing some research on the internet , and alot of people sem to think it could be from a nasty peck to the head , and could be either temporary or permenant , many also seem to think it could be mareks disease. i never saw anyone peck her initally , but dosent mean to say they didnt they appeared to only peck her once she was acting funny , mainly getting her bum i will keep her quarentined for today and see how she goes, shes still eating and drinking, so thats got to be a good sign ...... right ? but if theres no change by tommorrow then off to the vets i go

[not enough chickens]

if it is a stroke, is their any thing the vet can do for her, or will she be wonky forever , , o0o0o why does it have to be my favourite

[quickcluck]

remember it's a weekend! Will your vets be open?

[Redwing]

Mareks and stargazing are both common in silkies

 

It does sound very like Mareks but the suddenness of it is a little strange

[not enough chickens]

just as it came........... it went, very strange, ive had her in the house for about 2 hours, and she seems to have made a miracoulous recovery in the last half hour, back to her normal self running around, preening eating , and her head isnt tilting and she can walk, ill keep her in for a while long tho i think

 

what on earth could that have been , i was convinced she was on deaths door when i first picked her up, i must be the luckiest chicken owner ever , ill chalk it up to several years of bad luck worth while for this one moment of good luck

 

a big THANK YOU !!!! to all of you who replied to me and offered your advice , and so quickly big hugs your way

[LizzieLloyd]

Out of interest is she having a moult at the moment? One of my sussex had exactly the same symptoms last year and we rushed her to the vet thinking she had a stroke. It transpired she was having a heavy moult and had lost her strength. She was staggering around like she was drunk and collapsing. We fed her tuna for a couple of days and she was fighting fit in no time - high protein did the trick. Might be an option?

[not enough chickens]

no shes not having a moult, i wish she was tho, then id know what was going on,

thanks for the sugestion ill try feeding her tuna , and bring her strength up just incase anyway , she should be fine tho as she has a diet of layers pellet corn, fresh fruit and veg , meal worms and bread , shes wormed and powered regularly and everythings clean, ive no idea.

[LizzieLloyd]

Hope it helps in some way. The weather is pretty awful at the moment going in extremes of temperature so I'm sure it can't be good for them.