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    Very swollen chicken feet, crooked toes

    She hasn't been laying eggs for quite a while now but eats from the same feeder as the rest of the flock that are mostly laying. does the white in the poop of others in the flock indicate too much calcium?
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    Very swollen chicken feet, crooked toes

    for a better view of feed ingredients: https://www.amazon.com/Purina-Layena-Layer-Feed-Pellets/dp/B07VDB3FV1/ref=asc_df_B07VDB3FV1?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80264466474853&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=m&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4583863999844928&psc=1
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    Very swollen chicken feet, crooked toes

    BTW, the yellow in her water is probiotics. I will try the tart cherry extracts. How much do you give and how ? I've attached pics of what I feed all my girls, all year 'round. I think the combo of the excessive food scaps I used to give my hens + possible temporary dehydration during freezing...
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    Very swollen chicken feet, crooked toes

    Hocks are not swollen so probably not mycoplasma synoviae infection. No black spots on feet so probably not bumblefoot. Now thinking it may be gout. Any suggestions?
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    Very swollen chicken feet, crooked toes

    My Rhode Island Red hen is about 4 years old. She started to develop swollen feet few months ago; first one foot, then the other. They are getting larger, reddish in parts and she's developing crooked toes.when the weather was freezing. She seems fine otherwise but has stopped laying. The other...
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