We got about 15 Poults/Baby Turkeys last Thursday, we had one I thought was acting a bit different when we were taking it out of the shipping box it was standing on its shank in the corner. We have been watching over it and realized it had been walking worse and worse every day for the past 3...
So I recently was gifted some chicks I believe they are about 2 weeks old now. I noticed that one of the Mystic onyx had a toe that is completely folded under. It seems to walk ok, maybe favoring that foot a little. Is there something I should do for that or just wait and see? I was thinking...
1 year old, female Cayuga, good weight
One of my female cayuga's has been limping for around a week. There have been no signs of an open wound and no other ducks are limping. I am including photos. Her toe is swollen but doesn't have the big black scab that would make me think bumblefoot. It is...
Hi there! I'm completely new to this chicken life and looking for some guidance.
I'm concerned about this one's toes. He/She is about 9 weeks old and we just moved him/her to a larger coop. I thought it possibly hurt itself while using the roosting bar for the 1st time....but multiple toes look...
Hi All! I’ve been treating one of my hens for bumblefoot and suspected SLM. When I first examined her foot two weeks ago I noticed that the upper joint on her middle toe was thick and the toe appeared crooked. At the time I thought maybe it was the result of the bumblefoot, but now that it has...
One of our emus has broken there big middle toe, it swollen and bent and he’s walking with a limp, Is there a way we can splint it? And if there is any antibiotics we can use for him? Thank you.
Yesterday I woke up and saw my polish rooster acting weird. He was standing up with his tail pointing down towards the ground. At first I thought he was just cold because this is the coldest it has been this year (55F low) and thought he would probably warm up and be okay. Today when I woke up...
Yall.......I'm going to just stop buying chickens from backyard breeders.....yall have seen my experience.🙄 Anyway, I have another little one that needs help.
When the lady brought her to me she said, "She broke her toe on the way over in the cage", I said ok, I'll doctor her up. I got her home...
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I have a hen with a swollen toe. It’s not bumble foot as there is no black spot anywhere on foot etc. She is in good spirits and has been eating and drinking and trotting about as normal. The only difference is she seems to be holding her foot up every now and then. I will attach...
One of our hens has been limping on and off for a bit now. We did notice a toe missing (we assumed frostbite after a cold winter?) and some swelling. It seemed to get better and then worse for about 2 weeks now. We had caught her a few times looking for any black scabs (suspected bumble foot)...
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
The pullet who's limping is about 10 months old, (she's a buff orpington). She doesn't seem lighter than the others at all.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Her middle toe looks sideways...
I think my 2 YO hen has a broken toe (photos below). I noticed a hawk had gotten into their run area the day of the injury and I wonder if it tried to grab her by the foot or she may have just landed on it wrong. Anyway, I checked for bumble foot and don’t see any signs of that. She keeps...
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could use some help treating my duckie. Noticed that she was limping a few days ago and her left foot was swollen. Both feet had scabs on the underside so I started Epsom salt soaks with iodine, cleaning with vetricyn, and wrapping it up with ichtammol thinking she had bumble foot...
So yesterday I posted about my hen being attacked my a fox. His lost a lot of butt feathers and got punctured. She seems to be healing up fine. Cleaned it up a bit and checking on it regularly to see if it gets infected.
NOW this morning I noticed she is limping. Doesn’t like to put too much...
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I’m posting for a friend. One of her three hens recently learned how to get into the garden which had been closed off to her a few weeks back. Her mother had put several rat traps in the garden, one of which she had stepped onto. The hen now has a definite broken toe and I was...
My young rooster broke his toe. I tried to splint it awhile back but I made him limp more so I took it off. It started to turn black. I was told it would just fall off but it hasn’t and now it is very swollen around the black part. I’m wondering if he is pecking at it?? Please help!! What do I do?!
I noticed today that one of my pullets (an easter egger, 11 weeks) has a bent toe. I haven’t noticed it before. It doesn’t seem to bother her and she’s not limping. I picked her up and touched it and moved it a bit, still didn’t bother her. Could it be broken or just a benign deformity that i...
We got chicks two days ago and our Bantams, the runts,have been the smallest. One of the Bantam's toe got attacked by another chicky, and well I had pry him free. At first it was like he had to do front-flips to move and he'd fall every step he took, but it has gotten a little better. We made...
Hello! My >1 year old female pekin duck hurt her leg last week when she got tangled in some briars. I tended to her wounds day-of and they seem to be healing nicely, but one week later and she still won't put weight on it and it sits out to the side. The toes are very swollen and she refuses to...