lame chicken

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Hi guys, I've browsed numerous posts here and I still don't know what's wrong with my chicken So she is 3years old, and Tuesday we had a storm the roof blew off the coop and I went out to put a brick on it and noticed only 2 out of 3 chickens were in the coop. The 3rd was under the coop (raised...

Hi Guys! I noticed our pet rooster has been standing on one leg and limping a little bit here and there for the past few days. I checked out his feet and noticed a scab on his toe- not where I would expect to see bumblefoot (however I have no experience with it). As a chick he had horrible...

About 3 days ago I saw her limping as we were bringing the flock in for the night. We grabbed her and brought her in using the dog kennel as the infirmary. I see no visual wounds. The pads of her feet are seem fine. She steps leading with her left foot then her right foot comes and the leg bows...

Good afternoon all, I have a chicken who over the past few days has seemed to favor her left leg. At first it was a barely noticable limp and a tendency to squat with the lower leg flat on the ground when resting. But day before yesterday I watched her try to stand when I came to feed them and...

Hi everyone :) I have month old lame baby chick that my neighbors gave to me to try to nurse back to health. As you can see in photos in looks as though something is cutting of circulation. Also, it’s leg sticks far out from its body. I’ve moved it’s legs and it can go back to normal without...

Hello Everyone:) First time trying this so I hope I make sense. Recently my neighbors gave me a baby chick of theirs to try and raise back to health. The chick is 1 month old and has a lame leg. It sticks straight out from its body and can not stand on its own. It also has this strange scab ring...