I won't question your diagnosis or experience, but my face is contorted and my brain amiss. This diagnosis is extremely odd. A 30 day old chick is certainly old enough to be able to see if it is acting strange, but Paramyxovirus? In birds we would see it as more Newcastle or better yet, avian pneumoencephalitis, one of the many subs of Paramyxovirus. If so young rarely survive and honestly I wouldn't want them too. I always answer as if it were my decision or what I'd do if it was mine. That answer is easy, quarantine the entire bunch, Mom, Dad, and all babies and all young from this pair. Take that baby to the vet, have them run blood tests to insure the diagnosis. If it is a simple viral episode such as conjunctivitis well treat for it. If it is what you are saying, there are more serious viral meds, all injectable' s, and even then I wouldn't keep these birds in my flock. The larger question then would be how did this get into your aviary. If after you find out from the vet it is so, which I very much doubt or rather hope, you have a lot of complete disinfecting of your entire area. Any of the infections in this group are something even a vet clinic would isolate and quarantine, since even Distemper is part of the group. Lastly if so, this group of viruses can jump to humans and other animals, depending on what exactly the sub virus is.
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