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Her poo is normal -- nothing unusual like diarrhea or weird colors, so I'm confident she doesn't have cocci.

If you can believe it, this crippled BO hen just laid an egg today! She is in the exact same condition -- still can't walk. I am still caring for her separately in a hospital pen with avian vitamins. When it's sunny I put her outside in the sandbox for dirtbaths, or in the lawn for...

My hen is mostly the same, but I swear one of her legs is stronger than the other one. She still doesn't move hardly at all, just sits on her chicken butt, but she seems a teeny tiny teeny bit better. May just be my imagination though.

My hen is essentially the same too. No improvement, no worsening.

chicknmania, glad to hear Moppit is showing a few signs of improvement...

Hi, thanks everyone -- with all your input and my research, I've learned a whole heck of a lot about chicken diseases. I've been giving my hen daily dust/dirt baths by hand which seems to give her great comfort and is making the mite problem go away. She's getting more used to me handling...

She does not have the traditional Marek's syndrome of "one foot forward, one foot back". BOTH her feet are forward. She sits back on her hocks so that the entire length of her leg below her hock is touching the ground. I've been giving her avian vitamins in her water in addition to her other...

Update: I have been attempting to treat my hen, and I keep her in a pen by herself. Her legs are not getting better. 2 days ago I was horrified to notice she had tiny mites crawling around her eyes. She preens constantly and I realized she must have mites that are bothering her skin. I am...

Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. There are vitamins from a really good company (Fertrell) in my chicken feed. I still may need the vitamins in water. Also, I think I may have found the answer froman excellent article today about chicken leg problems with pastured chickens. I don't have...

OK, I will see where I can get some vitamins quickly. thanks for the tip. Just one question: If I have 55 or so free-ranging birds, do you think just one would get a vitamin deficiency, if the others are happy and healthy?

Or, if she is not getting proper nutrition, despite eating and drinking and free-ranging, what might cause her to be thin.

I don't think she has coccidosis because her poo is normal and I don't smell the bad smell anymore. She was really hungry last night and ate worms (I dug em up for her while I was gardening!) plus her regular food. I felt her crop which was a little bulgy, but very soft, and massaged it...

I re-read my post and I should add that she lies on the ground and can only barely lift up a tiny bit with her feet to drag herself along. The whole foot is curled inwards, not just the toes. 3 days ago, she was walking fine. 2 weeks ago, she was running strong.

She seems to be walking on her "knees" and on both feet her toes are curling inward. this may be her only problem, as she was very hungry and thirsty today (couldnt get to the feed dish). I fed her by hand and she seemed vigorous except for the walking problem. She does have a bad smell though...

I"ll check her crop again. she's just lying down and her feet are all curled inward kind of. She's hungry and thirsty but only eats/drinks a little, then is just lying down, kind of crawls. I feel so bad for her and wishing I could help. she's in her own pen on the grass with a little house to...

My 9 month old free-ranging BO hen (she was born sort of crooked) but has been fine until this week, so I dont' think it's related to her crookedness defect. this week she started hanging out by herself, and preening her feathers alot and staring at the wall. Yesterday she was drinking an...