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  1. J

    Lame foot

    My 8 mo duck will not walk on her foot as if yesterday. I separated her and am giving her vitamin b and electrolytes and greens/fruits in case it’s an issue with that deficiency again like when she was young but has anyone experienced this ? I have to carry her back to the coop and my ducks do...
  2. 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...
  3. U

    Hen suddenly struggling to walk, almost like she is drunk

    Edit: reddit link that has video: https://reddit.com/r/BackYardChickens/s/EUP7RzlYyU In the attached video you can see the way my hen is walking weird. Has anyone ever seen this? What might be the cause? I'm running out of options. *the chicken in question is vaccinated for mereks. All if not...
  4. A

    My ducks are going lame

    Hi, I have 8 Muscovy ducklings born on the 27th of may (14 weeks), and about 2 weeks ago one of my ducklings began to limp. We checked his foot but couldn’t find anything wrong with it and about a week ago he stopped walking apart from dragging himself into his cage or to his siblings. I have...
    • Al42
    • Thread
    • advice appreciated duck duckling help lame limping muscovy
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. 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...
  6. C

    Chick with injured knee/leg (red/purple?)

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Speckled Sussex, 3-4 days old, smaller than the others 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Limping favoring right leg. Uses were wings to balance herself, hobble along. Leg shakes a little...
  7. 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...
  8. krissyweso

    Lame hen went blind?

    Has anyone had a chicken with an ailment that caused lameness and, later, blindness??? This is an extension of my original post here. Please see for a more in-depth backstory. A little over a month ago, one afternoon, my year-and-a-half-old silkie hen started walking wobbly. Then, after about...
  9. 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...
  10. 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
  11. B

    Distinguishing BB from regular in a Bronze

    I just got a hen whom I'm almost sure is a Bronze and she is a very sweet gentle girl but she has developed some issues. I bought her a couple days ago from a lady who can't maintain her flock anymore and she was the only turkey there. The day we were going to pick her up the owner called and...
  12. J

    Leg issue or egg blocked?

    Yesterday I found Saffy, my 7 month old Easter-egger, on the ground next to a deflated soft egg. She didn't join her sisters on the perch that night, But did jump into the second story box. Today she is still on the ground unable to walk. She crawls to the fresh water and food I put closer to...
  13. C

    Injured duck

    We have a duck with lameness after getting caught in a rope. We have metacam and Rimadyl at home. Which is the go to and dosing? I’m currently Covid positive so I can’t bring her into her vet for X-rays so I’m trying to make her comfortable until I can but I feel horrible for her
    • Cbutler
    • Thread
    • injured joint problem lack of balance lame lame duck
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Ducks
  14. C

    Lame baby chick

    I’ve got a Dominique/silkie with a lame left foot. I believe he is a rooster, about 5 weeks old. He’s very active and strong otherwise, seems healthy. They are housed in a coop, closed off from the big birds for now. I’m feeding them organic chick starter. The have pine shavings in their coop...
  15. S

    Could this Lameness be staph arthritis? Please help

    originally thought our wonderful 10 yo rooster had scaly leg mites, with some lameness as his scales looked raised a bit. We initially treated the entire flock per instructions of DVM Michael Darre, head of small poultry enterprise management at UConn We soaked legs in gasoline, then slathered...
  16. Please help identify lameness issue

    Please help identify lameness issue

    I originally thought our wonderful 10 yo rooster had scaly leg mites, with some lameness as his scales looked raised a bit. We initially treated the entire flock per instructions of DVM Michael Darre, head of small poultry enterprise management at UConn We soaked legs in gasoline, then slathered...
  17. S

    Lameness issue please help

    My favorite rooster is about 7 years old, a wonderful gallant fella who takes great care of his hens. About 2 months ago we noticed him occasionally stumbling and his legs looked a bit scaly perhaps although not like any pictures. He does NOT have any evidence of bumblefoot, which we are...
  18. dansarahmartinez

    Chick with lame leg?

    We got new chicks from our local feed store on Saturday. They were delayed 24hrs in delivery. One seems to have a leg with no strength. The bottom of the foot pad is like a small ball and the knee joint seems a little swollen. It hops/flops around but only if forced to. Otherwise it just...
  19. Dee the Feather

    Lame Rooster

    Hi all, I have followed a few threads on this topic... my wonderful black orpington rooster has gone suddenly lame over 3 days mainly in the right leg; he spends more time sensibly sitting down on a roost to take the weight off. Seems otherwise OK, eating, drinking, managing to give the others...
  20. debikm

    Ten month old hen has weird gait

    One of my barred rock pullets I got back in February was completely normal until a month or so back when I saw her walking lame on her right foot. I caught her, it looked like early bumblefoot (small scab on the sole of her foot, with a soft spot). I found no wounds or pain anywhere in either...
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