Floppy chicken

[Suzyqschickens]

I need some help!!! I have been losing a lot of chickens this summer not sure if from this nasty over long summer or something else. So it all started with a blue laced red Wyandotte that was about 10 wks old. She started losing balance and almost looked drunk. Did some research and bumped up the vitamins in the water hoping that was the issue. Well that chicken “floppy” is doing ok still has balance issues but eats drinks and otherwise has a happy life. A few weeks ago same thing happened to my black copper maran hen about 18-22 weeks. She didn’t make it. Then a barred rock, which about 22-24 weeks. She didn’t make it. Now I have this green queen that has been completely healthy and fine until yesterday. She is losing her balance walking backwards at times, falls over and mostly just lays down. I will try to attach a video of her this am so you can see. They have misters that get turned on if the afternoon plenty of fresh water they get a blend of foods. A high protein turkey, laying feed and a scratch mix without corn. I do have corid in the big water to prevent coccid but not the treatment dose

 

[Weeg]

@Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive @Overo Mare @casportpony @cooingcrow1

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss. It is impossible to know what is killing your birds without getting a necropsy on a bird that has died. Mareks disease, coccidiosis, dehydration, or other causes could be the reason. If you lose another contact your state vet here:
https://www.metzerfarms.com/PoultryLabs.cfm

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I need some help!!! I have been losing a lot of chickens this summer not sure if from this nasty over long summer or something else. So it all started with a blue laced red Wyandotte that was about 10 wks old. She started losing balance and almost looked drunk. Did some research and bumped up the vitamins in the water hoping that was the issue. Well that chicken “floppy” is doing ok still has balance issues but eats drinks and otherwise has a happy life. A few weeks ago same thing happened to my black copper maran hen about 18-22 weeks. She didn’t make it. Then a barred rock, which about 22-24 weeks. She didn’t make it. Now I have this green queen that has been completely healthy and fine until yesterday. She is losing her balance walking backwards at times, falls over and mostly just lays down. I will try to attach a video of her this am so you can see. They have misters that get turned on if the afternoon plenty of fresh water they get a blend of foods. A high protein turkey, laying feed and a scratch mix without corn. I do have corid in the big water to prevent coccid but not the treatment dose

I agree with @Eggcessive since you are losing birds in a short period of time, getting a necropsy to find out what you are dealing with will give you the best answers.

To post a video, upload to youtube and provide a link.

You mention birds walking backwards - were they vaccinated for Marek's?
Walking backwards sounds like a neurological symptom - you could try vitamin therapy by giving her 400IU Vitamin E daily along with 1/4 tablet B-Complex.
Birds that are 22-24 weeks *should* have built resistance to the strains of coccidia in their environment if they have been on that ground most of their life. I think I would stop the Corid.
Turkey feed is 30% protein so that may be too rich for them. I would provide them with either layer feed if they are laying eggs or with an all flock feed (18-20% protein). Limit scratch intake.

 

[Suzyqschickens]

I agree with @Eggcessive since you are losing birds in a short period of time, getting a necropsy to find out what you are dealing with will give you the best answers.

To post a video, upload to youtube and provide a link.

You mention birds walking backwards - were they vaccinated for Marek's?
Walking backwards sounds like a neurological symptom - you could try vitamin therapy by giving her 400IU Vitamin E daily along with 1/4 tablet B-Complex.
Birds that are 22-24 weeks *should* have built resistance to the strains of coccidia in their environment if they have been on that ground most of their life. I think I would stop the Corid.
Turkey feed is 30% protein so that may be too rich for them. I would provide them with either layer feed if they are laying eggs or with an all flock feed (18-20% protein). Limit scratch intake.

Necropsy are not available at this time in az. I didn’t want to insure the cost of a vet but I may have no choice. I will cut the protein back, we upped it due to the high heat to help them lay better but I was wondering if it is too high. We have been still in the 100’s here with little to no relief

 

[Suzyqschickens]

 

[Suzyqschickens]

I agree with @Eggcessive since you are losing birds in a short period of time, getting a necropsy to find out what you are dealing with will give you the best answers.

To post a video, upload to youtube and provide a link.

You mention birds walking backwards - were they vaccinated for Marek's?
Walking backwards sounds like a neurological symptom - you could try vitamin therapy by giving her 400IU Vitamin E daily along with 1/4 tablet B-Complex.
Birds that are 22-24 weeks *should* have built resistance to the strains of coccidia in their environment if they have been on that ground most of their life. I think I would stop the Corid.
Turkey feed is 30% protein so that may be too rich for them. I would provide them with either layer feed if they are laying eggs or with an all flock feed (18-20% protein). Limit scratch intake.

Posted the video so you can see what she is doing

 

[Eggcessive]

Necropsy are not available at this time in az. I didn’t want to insure the cost of a vet but I may have no choice. I will cut the protein back, we upped it due to the high heat to help them lay better but I was wondering if it is too high. We have been still in the 100’s here with little to no relief

I wonder if the folks at UCDavis in CA would do a necropsy for you?

 

[Suzyqschickens]

I can get one here but not wanting to pay $300 for it

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Poor thing!
If you don't plan on culling her right now, I would see how she does with vitamin therapy and modifying her diet as mentioned previously.
She may be suffering from disease like Marek's or a number of other things that affect chickens but it's worth a shot.