lame chicken

  1. FriskyChicks

    Did my silkie have a stroke?! Help!

    We bought a sweet year old silkie hen back in May and she is falling apart. She’s on the smaller side, around 1-2 lbs. A few weeks ago she seemed to suffer a heat stroke. She was found on her back looking not so alive, so we set her gave her the spa treatment and she was given her own storage...
  2. L

    Help! Hen is sick/dying

    When I got up this morning to let out my chickens, I found one on the floor not being able to move. I brought her in immediately and tried to find out what was wrong. I don’t think she’s egg bound because she just pooped a few minutes ago. And I don’t think it’s bumblefoot stopping her from...
  3. L

    Sick Hen

    So I just found one of my barred rock hens on the floor of coop, she’s conscious and alert. She is limping and having a difficult time moving around and she had poop all over her bottom. Breathing also sounds congested. I put her down in the run and the other hens immediately starting attacking...
  4. A

    Cull or keep treating 22m/o 'marek' rooster?

    It started with sudden onset of lameness 4 weeks ago, he seemed to be in a lot of pain then because he was screaming when I tried to touch his legs & I first thought he was injured. He also had watery diarrhea, later developed high fever & I discovered he was full of red mites! I Isolated him...
  5. H

    Hen suddenly acting lame! Seeking explanation, advice, guidance for self-treatment if possible!

    Hello! This is my first time posting to a forum, I just wrote out a message to my uncle seeking advice on a hen and thought it might be beneficial to edit it a bit and repost it here. Any replies are greatly appreciated. We have a problem with one of our chickens! I've been observing her...
  6. J

    Is this BUMBLEFOOT?

    Is this Bumble foot? There is no scab like the photos of bumble foot online- maybe it is an early case? Any advice welcomed! Thank you. The hen is fine other than limping.
  7. O

    Mites and Lice in a Flock

    Hey everyone. I have been a chicken keeper for 1.5 years now, so still new. I have 47 birds in different stages between 3 separated runs. *I have had my first lice AND mite infestation. My main question is how severe can symptoms from lice and mites get from these infestations? I had one die...
  8. ChickenNugieuwu

    My chicken was acting weird and now can’t stand

    Hi, I hope whoever this reaches can help me understand my hen better! I’ve never had this happen and naturally, I investigated on Google, lots of sources lead me to Marek’s disease, which I’ve never even heard of up until now. I’m really concerned, triple eve. The hen is my mother’s, but due...
  9. M

    Limp/lame hen with no apparent cause

    Hi friends, I have a 6mo old olive egger who started limping either yesterday or night before. There are no wounds or splinters or anything seemingly apparent, but she will not put any weight on it as of this morning. Yesterday she would limp around on it, but today will only hop on the good...
  10. Moricha

    Chicken possibly injured, breathing heavily. Injury or possible gape worm? Please help, any ideas welcome.

    Hello all, One of my girls has either gotten injured or come down with something- or both. EDIT: Video link of panting: Penny is (I believe) a 3 month old hen and her breed is… to be honest, I’m not sure. I was only told she is an olive egger and I have had for for a month now. She is not...
  11. W

    Chicken seems sick!

    Hello! New chicken owner here! I have a chicken who is sick and I have researched everything I can to no avail. Please let me know if you have any suggestions. Monday morning I opened the coop and she was standing there kind of lopsided, her comb was floppy and she was waddling. I immediately...
  12. S

    Lame jersey giant hen

    Hello, I have a 5 month old Jersey giant hen. She suddenly started having a bad limp that progressed to splaying her legs forward and back. It’s not bumblefoot.Because she wasn’t making enough of an effort to get water and food and it’s super hot here I took her inside. She’s been resting in a...
  13. A

    The Lame are Walking !

    Hi! We are raising meat birds for the first time. Freedom Ranger Color Yield. Somewhere in the last week and a half, we noticed we had a bird that kept losing balance and falling. We thought it was because of uneven ground or weak legs. We got her out away from the flock and tried to let her...
  14. S

    Lame chicken help

    So one of our chickens, a Brahman yearling, is lame for some reason. One day she just stumbled out of the coop and fell over unable to use her legs properly. No other chickens are showing similar symptoms, so we quarantined her in our smaller coop. She's eating and drinking well, but she's on...
  15. kurby22

    Gangrenous Dermatitis

    This isn’t an emergency post, it is more for others who want to see what this looks like on a chicken. I finally have confirmation and just wanted to share. She (12 week old Lav Orpington) presented with one leg out in front of her and unable to walk on it and was very thin. As you can imagine...
  16. C

    Chicken injured sick

    Hello, I have a silkie hen and am trying to figure out if she is injured or sick. Initially she was a bit wobbly on her feet but was able to get around. Within a few days she has lost her balance, she will fall forward or backwards. When I hold her she has good grip in both feet and ‘runs in the...
  17. S

    Help! Second lame pullet in 2 weeks!

    Hi. Two weeks ago I posted about a salmon faverolle of mine “fluffy” that started walking backwards, drunken, flapping wings, trunk head sideways. I’ve tried most everything from antibiotics and probiotics, to vitamin B selenium and vitamin E supplementation. I’m giving up now and I think I...
  18. T

    Chicken lame/not walking.

    Hey, guys. I have a five month old chicken that isn’t walking. He was fine Saturday and then all of a sudden, he was walking on his hawks and then not at all. His feet are curling and he can’t control his legs below the hawk. He can sit up on them but he’s very shaky when he does. We’ve been to...
  19. A

    Lame 4 Month Old Silkie

    Help! Can anyone tell me what maybe wrong with my 4 month old silkie? As you can see her mom is worried too. In the last two weeks she became lame.Video of Silkie
  20. J

    Chicken walking like intoxicated?

    My 3 month old chicken Rosita suddenly started favoring one leg and limping yesterday. Today she is wobbling, falling down and having a hard time walking period. She's eating and drinking fine, still cheery and affectionate but impairment is remarkable. The rest of the flock is fine so far. I...
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