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    New Chicken with Swollen Ankle & Leg. Bumblefoot or not?

    Hi @Wyorp_Rock, What should we be looking for at the crease? Are you thinking it might indeed be bumblefoot?
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    New Chicken with Swollen Ankle & Leg. Bumblefoot or not?

    Yes, she has swelling at her hock joint. You can see it pretty well in picture "20230128_124521.jpg" (attached). She's headed to bed now. I'll get a picture of her standing tomorrow. We searched her pretty thoroughly earlier today and didn't find anything wrapped around her leg. That's a good...
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    New Chicken with Swollen Ankle & Leg. Bumblefoot or not?

    Thank you, Razzlefrazzle! I went to the Merck Vet Manual website (https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/mycoplasmosis/mycoplasma-synoviae-infection-in-poultry) and it says: "The first signs of infectious synovitis include pale-bluish head parts and lameness in many birds with a tendency to...
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    New Chicken with Swollen Ankle & Leg. Bumblefoot or not?

    Hey BYC, My husband and I adopted 3 hens today. They all look healthy, are eating, and are adjusting to our backyard (separate from our existing flock of 11) just fine. The problem is that one of the girls we adopted seems to have a serious foot problem. The people we adopted her from said...
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    14 Chickens, 2 Humans, 1 Dog, 1 Cat & 1 Gecko in Lubbock, Tx

    Hi all! My name is Rai (like "ray") and my husband and I just got our first chickens in Spring of 2022. We're really enjoying them and we're looking forward to being part of this group. INTRO QUESTIONS (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Relatively new. We got our...
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