Chick can't walk. Seizure like activity

[Roozeekuh]

We have an 8 week-old chick. Up until last week she has been a specimen of health. But over the last week we noticed she started having difficulty walking. She had poor balance and would just lay down. Then we started noticing that she would be laying awkwardly with one leg forward and one leg back kind of like the splits. We moved her indoors and kept her separate from the others. (BTW we have 4 hens, and 3 other chicks with no worrisome symptoms).

For the last week we have noticed that she has also developed seizure-type activity when startled, picked up, or even just slipping. She will lay forward with her neck stretched out, legs splayed forward and back, and wings out. Then all of a sudden she snaps out of it (after 30-60 seconds) and seems back to her normal weak self.

She is eating and drinking well. We are feeding scrambled eggs with VitB mix, and vitamin water after reading on here that neurologic disorders can be from vitamin deficiencies. We've done that for about 4 days now with no real improvement. She's not getting worse, but also not getting better.

Poop appears and smells normal.

I've attached pics of her symptoms below.

Here is a link to a short video clip on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1003877149

Thoughts?

 

[nuthatched]

Poor little dude.
How much b vitamins is he getting?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

What's the poop like?

Looks like he's suffering from some type of neurological problem. Hard to know if it's Marek's or some other issue.

I'd start him on 1/4 tablet B-Complex and 400IU Vitamin E daily along with a little egg. Make sure He is eating chick starter. You can find the vitamins at Walmart, CVS, etc. just pop them into the beak and let him swallow.

If you do lose him, sending the body for testing would give you the most answers. https://www.metzerfarms.com/poultry-labs.html

Hopefully your little cockerel will improve, keep us posted.

 

[ddmcb]

This sounds a lot like Marek's to me. I lost my favorite pullet to Marek's a couple of weeks ago. It started out with wobbly on her feet, then not sitting upright at all, then laying only on her side or back. By this time, I had to put her down. She had small little movements of the extremities almost like twitching towards the end, no control. It didn't take very long at all and she wasn't able to move at all. Seek a vet if you're able.

 

[nuthatched]

This sounds a lot like Marek's to me. I lost my favorite pullet to Marek's a couple of weeks ago. It started out with wobbly on her feet, then not sitting upright at all, then laying only on her side or back. By this time, I had to put her down. She had small little movements of the extremities almost like twitching towards the end, no control. It didn't take very long at all and she wasn't able to move at all. Seek a vet if you're able.

Did you verify mereks with necropsy? Those are also symptoms of vitamins deficiency or toxic material.