Anonymous
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Jul 16, 2004
7:08 AM
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I have a cock that has had a lame wing for over a week now. He appears healthy and eats and tries to tread his hen when she gets near but this is confusing me. Is a lame wing a symptom of sickness with no other apparent signs? Maybe he hurt his wing in a fight or something else, I don't know? He can't even make it to the lower perch like his wing is broken but I can't feel any swelling. Please help.
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George Ruiz
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Jul 16, 2004
11:43 AM
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I once had a bird go lame on one wing it turned out to be PARAMYXO a very nasty disease I lost over 12 pigeons be real careful seperate this bird and observe for a while
For the last 4 years I have been vaccinating my birds for PARAMYXO and have not had that disease anymore I learned the hard way.
good luck
George
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Anonymous
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Jul 19, 2004
7:17 AM
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I found this info on paramyxo, as I have a hen with one wing that droops, but seems otherwise healthy. I think she had an injury that has now healed. She flies in the coop. www.wingswest.net/pigeons/health/paramyxo.html
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MCCORMICKLOFTS
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Jul 19, 2004
8:39 AM
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Parathyphoid is what often causes the loss of a wing or leg due to swelling in the joint during the infection. Usually these lumps can be felt and some will heal fine while others will permanently loose use of the limb. The other is when in open lofts, shit happens. Overly aggressive cocks can battle hard and often in the fall to the floor one hits a perch or hits the feeder the bird ends up with a lame wing or leg for a while, just like if it had rolled down and hit the loft roof. Two things are going to happen. Either it will heal up in a few weeks and he will be back to normal or it won't heal up at all and you will have to breed from him from an individual pen.
Brian.
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