After reading a lot and seeing her more, I'm definitely thinking it's a stroke. She's weak on one side of her body and less so on the other, has improved in responsiveness since adding the anti-inflammatory (aspiring water hoora, thanks for the dosing!) and so on.
She's still doing okay, hanging in there. She tried to get up today kind of. She didn't uncurl her toes, but she pulled her leg towards her and kicked a bit like she was trying to get it under her. I can't describe it very well, but if you've seen a chicken get up from their side just picture that but unsuccessful... She also pecked up like two seeds of millet that were in her bed! I was excited about that.
Right now what I'm feeding her is veggie moosh (very dilute, I can't get the syringe to get thick stuff) and a little bit of mollasses dissolved in water with a tiny bit of salt added for electrolyte balance so she doesn't get water poisoning or anything like that. I also still have the millet-oats-water slurry, which I've added some pieces of homemade wheat bread to, so its nice and starchy and mooshy. If I tilt the container of oat moosh up on a towl near her face, she drinks and pecks a bit of her own accord sometimes.
I don't have any plain yogurt or coconut milk or anything like that right now. I'm out of money at the moment and won't get any until my paycheck on the 20th. Do you think she's lacking enough nutrition that I should borrow a few dollars from a friend and pick up coconut milk or yogurt or something? Would adding bean liquid or something with more protein help? What about plain ol' milk? I have some of that...
Thank you so much you guys. I know there's still a very real chance I'll lose her or have to put her down, but I want to be sure I did everything I could to help her and make sure she wasn't hurting.
And thank you for not saying anything like "but it's just a chicken".
