Aeseldyr wrote:No good with Mareks disease but at least that is not contagious to humans
It was just something I read that made me
but I don't think it is that, I can't see any of the symptoms of it other than that she is sitting down so
it isn't that!
Aeseldyr wrote:No good with a €50 vet
I actually have no idea how much it is I was just guessing @Aeseldyr - I'll call my friend and find out! I'm not sure if it is true here but apparently in the States a lot of vets don't even deal with chickens
so I'll have to see if my local one does.
So the other thing I'm thinking could be a possibility is dehydration if she is too big to comfortably drink from the nipple waterer anymore (she is the 'big girl' 2 weeks older than the others) and I know they should be higher but I cna't get it higher, we'll look at adapting tomorrow. Yesterday they didn't really go out (maybe less than an hour) to the run where they have a normal water dispenser so if she can't drink much when she is in the coop then that could be a reason ?????
I also went to the garden / animal shop (they sell chickens as well) and got some vitamins to go in their water (although I'm a bit unsure how to make sure they drink it as a lot of it seems to get splashed around
). I also looked carefully at the food - bearing in mind I bought the stuff I have (cracked mixed corn / grains etc) ages ago when I was getting some silkie chickens - I saw chick crumbles (which I'd read lots about on line but not seen at the agricultural co-op' where I got the other stuff) so I asked the guy and he said they will be much better with the crumbles for another month or so so I bought a bag of that and have changed them over. She jumped on it and started eating it straight away so that was good. I also go them some grit that is fortified with vitamin pellets too, I'd been giving them coarse sand but perhaps that isnt' enough. I thought if I try to do everything I can to make sure that all the stuff is optimal then I'll at least know that there is nothing I'm missing.