ChickGalSyl
In the Brooder
- Aug 28, 2023
- 4
- 0
- 12
My chicken (at least 5 years old) has been noticeably slower than the rest of the flock, and is concerning me. I first started noticing it maybe 2 months ago. When the other chickens are scratching around, she’s usually lying down resting. She is older than most of the other birds, but I think a healthy chicken would be more active than her. We have had to file and cut her nails a few times because they get long from being sedentary. It could be that this unknown disease has been affecting her longer than I realize because we filed her nails several months ago, maybe a year ago. Other symptoms she has is thickened legs and looks like trouble walking. We thought maybe it was scaly leg mites but now I’m not sure. Maybe gout? Or a bone disease? We treated her a few times with Vicks vapor rub because we heard that kills leg mites. Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this with their chicken and what did you do about it?