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Thank you for the update. If you lose anyone, or see other swollen joints, a necropsy by your state vet could get an answer whether or not this was mycoplasma synovitis. MS is a lifelong chronic disease. I am glad to hear that she is doing well.

Glad you were able to drain the abscess. Hopefully, it was just from a peck or injury, and not something more serious, such as mycoplasma synovitis or a staphylococcal infection. There is some black on the toes, and the missing toenails seem suspicious of frostbite or an infection. Will the...

I'm a bit puzzled by that lump. Is it hard or soft? Chickens with leg bone deformities can have red bumps on the outside of the hock, but they don't walk normally. She might have suffered an injury or possibly an abscess. Hopefully others will chime in. Is either ankle joint or the opposite hock...