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Chirping
Hi! I have an almost 6 month old (not laying yet) Rhode Island Red that has been limping for the past week. It started as a small wobble, but now she doesn't use her left leg at all. Her other leg and wings are all fine, just her left leg. Also, her toes are not curled, but they're not in their normal position.
I attached a few pictures and here's a video:
She is vaccinated against marek's, and the 4 other chickens with her are fine. She doesn't seem to have any mites/ lice, internal diseases, or bumble foot, but I'm still keeping an eye on them. When she was a baby, she did walk a little bit weirdly, like there was a wobble, but it went away. She also jumps off roosting bars with a lot of effort, so she may have injured her leg? I don't think her leg is paralyzed because when I touch her feet she feels it. She still tries to scratch her face with her left feet. She's also still preening. She eats an organic starter/grower feed along with bugs, grains, and vegetables/ herbs from my garden. She still eats and drinks normally, but gets tired very easily and has to sit down and nap every 15 minutes or so for a few minutes.
I separated her from the other chickens in their run because she would get trampled over otherwise, but I let her out when I can watch over them and also take her into my garden to feed her steamed eggs.
How do I help her get better, and is this an injury or a disease?? nutritional deficiency?
I attached a few pictures and here's a video:
She is vaccinated against marek's, and the 4 other chickens with her are fine. She doesn't seem to have any mites/ lice, internal diseases, or bumble foot, but I'm still keeping an eye on them. When she was a baby, she did walk a little bit weirdly, like there was a wobble, but it went away. She also jumps off roosting bars with a lot of effort, so she may have injured her leg? I don't think her leg is paralyzed because when I touch her feet she feels it. She still tries to scratch her face with her left feet. She's also still preening. She eats an organic starter/grower feed along with bugs, grains, and vegetables/ herbs from my garden. She still eats and drinks normally, but gets tired very easily and has to sit down and nap every 15 minutes or so for a few minutes.
I separated her from the other chickens in their run because she would get trampled over otherwise, but I let her out when I can watch over them and also take her into my garden to feed her steamed eggs.
How do I help her get better, and is this an injury or a disease?? nutritional deficiency?