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    Broken or sprained leg

    I have the same problem with my Sebright rooster. Noticed he was just hanging around inside the coop one day, and he just wouldn't use his leg. His toes are curled under, and he just uses his wings to pinion himself about. He had plenty of spunk still, flappping away when I got close. I moved...
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    Hen listless and not eating much, what can I try to convince her to eat?

    Thanks for all the advice! I have her separated, but I don't think she's going to make it sadly. She was drinking still as of yesterday, but not eating too good. Now, she won't eat or drink, or even oper her eyes. I never had her wormed or anything, that I know of. my flock are just an eclectic...
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    Hen listless and not eating much, what can I try to convince her to eat?

    Another thing! When I did watch her walk around, befoere she was separated, she walked, but very clumsily, tripping on herself and almost falling down in the process. And she moved very slow too. Thanks again.
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    Hen listless and not eating much, what can I try to convince her to eat?

    Not too much of an emergency, just trying to figure out exactly what to do. The hen is an orpington, a couple years old. She recently got an injury on her wing- about a month ago now. Was on the front of her wing, dollar coin sized. I worried about her for a while because she wouldnt stop...
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    young hen won't walk on left leg. Any advice?

    Thanks for the welcome! I looked over her foot very carefully, and I couldn't find any swelling or injury. Looks just like her other foot. I think she's lost feeling in it, she doesn't respond to touching it like her good foot does. I've got her separated from the rest, though they didn't seem...
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    young hen won't walk on left leg. Any advice?

    I checked some of the other forums on limping/gimpy chickens, but I don't think she has mites. It also seems like she can't feel as well with that foot. I put two finers under her good foot, ans she curled her toes around them, but on the bad foot i get no response. Both feet feel equally warm...
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    young hen won't walk on left leg. Any advice?

    I have a young hen who is about a year old now. Not quite sure what she did, but she hops along on just her right leg, and will only put weight on the left if pressured to (she's a bit skittish) I felt as far up the leg as i could, and there doesn't seem to be any breaks, but she holds it...
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    Help!! Two rossters covered with brown scabs!

    Thank you so much! This is definitely it. It's a relief to know what i'm up against, even if there isn't a whole lot I can do about it.
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    Help!! Two rossters covered with brown scabs!

    I have two young roosters with brown/gray scabs covering their combs, wattles, and faces. One is worse than the other, and one of his eyes is scabbed over. They appear otherwise healthy, eating, crowing, parading about as usual. This caused me to ignore what started out as tiny splotches on...
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    chicken is limping, no feeling in leg. PLEASE HELP!

    Thanks so much for all the responses. He still walks pretty well, hops all around the yard. I dont believe he was vaccinated for anything. I got him as a chick with another from a lady who sold from the fair. They were both roosters. I cant really put him in a seperate cage, because we live way...
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    chicken is limping, no feeling in leg. PLEASE HELP!

    i noticed my red silkie rooster was limping on his right leg. I brought him in and washed his feet off in warm water. He curls and kicks with the good leg, but the other one he just leaves sticking out, and wont move it. When he walks, he tries to use it, but it just seems to give out under his...
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