- Feb 25, 2010
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Earlier today I saw a chicken of mine laying on its side. I tried picking it up, and it can't stand. One leg appears to be messed up, although neither is paralyzed, I had a busy day, so I left it alone to see what would happen.
I went back in later this evening and checked on it, the chicken is still alive, it's still unable to stand, but when I lifted it's wing, it obviously was in pain. I looked closer and above its leg there's an are with no feathers on it, and the skin area looks very raw. What could be the cause of it??
UPDATE:
I went back again and looked at it, the skin just looks like skin, but its obvious that the feathers are missing from that area. The chicken's legs are also almost shivering, just shaking very fast, but one leg will vibrate, then the other one. It's really odd. Again, it can move both of its legs, but it can't seem to get either the strength or the nerve response to actually stand, pretty pitiful looking really.
Just fyi, the liquid is water, I had to pour it on the chicken to clean the dirt of the problem area.
I went back in later this evening and checked on it, the chicken is still alive, it's still unable to stand, but when I lifted it's wing, it obviously was in pain. I looked closer and above its leg there's an are with no feathers on it, and the skin area looks very raw. What could be the cause of it??
UPDATE:
I went back again and looked at it, the skin just looks like skin, but its obvious that the feathers are missing from that area. The chicken's legs are also almost shivering, just shaking very fast, but one leg will vibrate, then the other one. It's really odd. Again, it can move both of its legs, but it can't seem to get either the strength or the nerve response to actually stand, pretty pitiful looking really.
Just fyi, the liquid is water, I had to pour it on the chicken to clean the dirt of the problem area.
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