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[bamadude]

There, can't have any wigging out going on... I know that some of those that show up bother me..so, I changed it for ya. 

Lol. U didnt have to do that.

 

[bamadude]

Thanks chickadoodles

 

[Highcotton]

@bamadude


OMG I LOVE your avatar....... I take it Lawn Mowing season is coming up......

I changed it again.

I like that Avatar. I show it to my 20 year old grandson occasionally. He understands.

 

[Highcotton]

I got some Gold Laced Polish last fall. One was the beautiful cockrell that my Granddaughter is holding in my avatar. He died a few weeks ago at about 5 or 6 months old. He began having a problem walking on his left leg. I checked and could not find any soreness. Then his body began to bend to the left much like Parkinson disease. Does anyone have any idea what it may have been? I found him dead in the coop after he got to the point that he could hardly walk.

 

[ronott1]

I got some Gold Laced Polish last fall. One was the beautiful cockrell that my Granddaughter is holding in my avatar. He died a few weeks ago at about 5 or 6 months old. He began having a problem walking on his left leg. I checked and could not find any soreness. Then his body began to bend to the left much like Parkinson disease. Does anyone have any idea what it may have been? I found him dead in the coop after he got to the point that he could hardly walk.

It could be mareks, e-coli or an electrolyte deficiency.

The only way to tell is to send it in for necropsy. We get free necropsy form a lab at the UCD campus in California.

Sorry you lost him!

 

[Cynthia12]

'm also obsessed with checking poop for signs of problems, but not sure how appropriate/PC it would be pick something like "poultry scatologist".

-Kathy

Scat..ologist.

 

[bamadude]

Fowl Minded?

 

[chickisoup]

Nice Avatar!

X2

we'll start callin' you doc. Poop doc the poopologist!

 

[casportpony]

I got some Gold Laced Polish last fall. One was the beautiful cockrell that my Granddaughter is holding in my avatar. He died a few weeks ago at about 5 or 6 months old. He began having a problem walking on his left leg. I checked and could not find any soreness. Then his body began to bend to the left much like Parkinson disease. Does anyone have any idea what it may have been? I found him dead in the coop after he got to the point that he could hardly walk.

Sorry for your loss.

Like Ronott1 said, necropsy is the only way to know for sure,

State vets:
http://www.usaha.org/Portals/6/StateAnimalHealthOfficials.pdf

Labs listed by State:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/nahln/downloads/all_nahln_lab_list.pdf

How I ship mine for necropsy:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/799747/how-to-send-a-bird-for-a-necropsy-pictures

-Kathy

 

[Highcotton]

I got some Gold Laced Polish last fall. One was the beautiful cockrell that my Granddaughter is holding in my avatar. He died a few weeks ago at about 5 or 6 months old. He began having a problem walking on his left leg. I checked and could not find any soreness. Then his body began to bend to the left much like Parkinson disease. Does anyone have any idea what it may have been? I found him dead in the coop after he got to the point that he could hardly walk.

It could be mareks, e-coli or an electrolyte deficiency.

The only way to tell is to send it in for necropsy. We get free necropsy form a lab at the UCD campus in California.

Sorry you lost him!

Thanks Ron. I will have to check on the Necropsy in Georgia. I have never seen a disease with that kind of symptoms. It would really beneficial to know the cause so that a recurrence could be prevented.