A friend's chicken (over a yr old) has been walking like a penguin on and off for over a year. When she does the penguin act she clucks.
Doesn't lay. Has been treated for leg scale mites and a URI. Everything else is normal.
Any ideas? Tumor? Arthritis? The web points to possible...
I have backyard chickens in the suburbs so roosters are a definite no-no. I remember feeling DAILY anxiety waiting to see if any of my girls started to crow when they were pullets. I ended up having to re-home two roosters which proved troubling to my 4 yr old daughter, and cost me time and...