Sick pullet, skin and bones

[HuskerHens18]

These last three weeks I've been introducing my pullets and cockerels to my main flock. They will be 3 months old the 4th of June.
Everything has gone so perfect until now.
I lost my Ameraucana chick last week, it's crop was empty when it died, no wounds.
Now my Super Blue pullet is super thin, like skin and bones thin, and she's lethargic. I just found her like this two minutes ago, she hasn't pooped yet. I will post pictures when she does and run it to a vet tomorrow for a float test. I'm about to put nutri drench in her. I've also got her some feed, she's isolated right now.

What else can I do? Anything I can do at home to determine what is going on?

The whole flock is on Medicated Chick feed (which I know isn't 100% effective).
They have 24/7 access to clean water (I use hanging waterers with the cups).
The coop does not smell, I cleaned it a few weeks ago.

The last three days it has been 103°F with no cooler temps in the evenings.
I opened all coop windows, but it's still got as heck in there. I've even been leaving the doors open to try and get more air inside.
I free range, so they eat whatever they find.
I have NOT wormed the pullets and cockerels. Adults were wormed in March, I had a roundworm outbreak.
My last coccidia outbreak was last June/July.

On hand I have: Nutri drench, wazine(it is over a year old and was left in the garage over winter, it might not work anymore), pour on Ivomec, and Vitamin B 12. Also some Sav a chick probiotic and electrolytes.

Obviously every store is closed today, so for the next 24 hours this is all I have to work with.
My phone burned through its battery in this horrid weather, so my responses will be limited until I get back inside.

 

[dawg53]

It's possible the adult hens are not letting the younger birds eat. If this is the case, put out a couple more feeders.
As far as heat goes inside the coop, perhaps you can put a fan inside the coop. You can mount it in front of a vent or use a free standing fan in front of the vent. You want the fan blowing air OUT the vent. That way there's indirect airflow coming in from the other vents at night when birds are roosting. You dont want direct airflow on your birds.

 

[HuskerHens18]

It's possible the adult hens are not letting the younger birds eat. If this is the case, put out a couple more feeders.
As far as heat goes inside the coop, perhaps you can put a fan inside the coop. You can mount it in front of a vent or use a free standing fan in front of the vent. You want the fan blowing air OUT the vent. That way there's indirect airflow coming in from the other vents at night when birds are roosting. You dont want direct airflow on your birds.
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That would make sense, I just felt some other chicks and they aren't quite as thin as this one, but they're definitely not a healthy weight. I will get more feeders right now.
Thank you so much for the fan advice! I do have a spare fan, the roof of the coop is fairly low so I shouldn't have a problem mounting it up like that. Thank you!!!! I appreciate it all!

 

[HuskerHens18]

Bad update! I found one of my chicks on its belly, wings and legs outstretched, and head facing the sky. It was a very weird position, it was eating earlier and I gave it Nutri Drench, and it is currently in the final stages of death.
The chick I made this thread about is doing better, it's eaten and drank.

I've got a cooler set out to take it in for a necropsy tomorrow when it finishes dying. Poor thing
I checked for mites, they're mite free, the poop is 100% normal, they're eating and drinking and I've given them nutridrench.

 

[micstrachan]

So sorry you are dealing with this. Please let us know what you learn from the necropsy.

 

[dawg53]

I hope it's not Marek's. Please keep us informed.

 

[HuskerHens18]

I hope it's not Marek's. Please keep us informed.

One of my adult Isa Browns is limping and doesn't want to put weight on her foot, but when I investigate, there's nothing there. No bumblefoot, no cuts, no slivers, no broken bones, could that be mareks? I'm nervous why suddenly all these symptoms are appearing out of nowhere. Maybe it's coincidence?

 

[dawg53]

One of my adult Isa Browns is limping and doesn't want to put weight on her foot, but when I investigate, there's nothing there. No bumblefoot, no cuts, no slivers, no broken bones, could that be mareks? I'm nervous why suddenly all these symptoms are appearing out of nowhere. Maybe it's coincidence?

Most likely she pulled or sprained a tendon or ligament, probably from jumping down from a high roost or another high object like a lawn chair or something.
I've dealt with plenty of those over the years.
Put her in a cage to restrict her movements and make sure she has food and water. You dont want her walking or running around to aggravate the injury further.
Rest and relaxation is the order of the day for awhile. You can go to a drug store and buy vitamin B complex, crush a few tablets and sprinkle it on top of her feed to eat. It might help speed up recovery.
These type of injuries take time to heal. Some might take a week or two, or several months or never, depending on the severity of the injury.
Take her out of the cage in about 5 days and see if there's improvement, if not, put her back in the cage for a week. Continue the vitamin b complex on top of her feed. Then take her out of the cage and see if there's improvement.
If not, you will have to decide if you want to continue caging her or humanely cull her.
The longest I've caged a bird was 3 months. You have to have the time and patience to deal with an injury such as this. I've had about a 85-90% success rate with hens, not so good with roosters.

 

[HuskerHens18]

So sorry you are dealing with this. Please let us know what you learn from the necropsy.

I hope it's not Marek's. Please keep us informed.

The vet won't get results until tomorrow, I'm not sure what happened but I called and they acted like they had no clue what I was talking about. The vet is good, but his assistants can be a little... different. So I'll post results tomorrow if they remember to call me

 

[rebrascora]

I'm nervous why suddenly all these symptoms are appearing out of nowhere. Maybe it's coincidence

Marek's outbreaks are triggered by stress. Integration of youngsters is a major stressor both for the youngsters and also sometimes the older birds..... too many adolescent cockerels in the flock is another major trigger.
Your lame ISA may be due to an injury but she may also be having a Marek's episode. The disease can lie dormant for months or even years in an infected bird until an outbreak is triggered.
When you mentioned that you had a skinny youngster in your original post, my first thought was Marek's but as others suggested it could certainly be as simple as the youngsters getting bullied from feeders, so I didn't offer it as a suggestion but now that you have a youngster showing more classic paralysis, it certainly becomes more of a possibility.
I am pleased that you are getting a necropsy done. Unfortunately the PCR testing for Marek's will take time to be processed by the lab, so you will probably get a gross necropsy result pending those lab results which make take a week or two to arrive.
I hope I am wrong, but since it is such an incredibly common and widespread disease, it is the most likely diagnosis.