The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Livestock => Poultry & Waterfowl => Topic started by: Draygor on November 30, 2012, 03:07:22 pm
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Hi everyone, I hatched out 6 chicks of various breeds at the end of September (2 light Sussex, 1 cream legbar, 1 wyandot and the other 2 I think are Marans). All has been going well until a week or so ago. :)
1 of the light Sussex ran up to the feeder 1 day and was very unstable on its legs. Concerned, I scoured the internet looking for possible causes and watched videos on Mareks disease, Newcastle disease etc, but could find nothing that matched what this looked like. :o
I quarantined it for a week, gave it vitamins every day, and it is and has always been eating and drinking fine, although seems to be a little underweight compared to the other chicks. :-\
The main symptoms are that it shakes its head from side to side like something is irritating it. For all the world it looks like when a human has an inner ear problem and it affects their balance. I did find something about ear mites in chickens and wondered if this might be the issue? ???
Can anyone shed some light on this for me please? :fc:
Thanks
Tim