leg injury

  1. calichooks

    Chick Suddenly Can’t Walk?

    These babies hatched on the 24th and have been healthy and happy, but I left them for a day (yesterday) in the care of my dad who has taken care of and raised chicks before and came back to my favorite chick Marshmallow suddenly lame. Her legs shake and feel weak when she’s sitting in my hand...
  2. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Possible Sprain?

    My 6 y/o EE started limping a few days ago, very subtly. Generally, she walks normally and still uses both legs, though as she speeds up to a run her limp becomes way more noticeable (hop/skip type thing). At first, I figured it could be a minor sprain so a gave it a couple days. She seemed to...
  3. M

    3mo Ameraucana Pullet with swollen upper leg, blood

    Hello all, I searched but haven't found a match with this condition. This speckled biddy started limping slightly almost two weeks ago but was, and is still, walking, jumping, foraging, eating and drinking with her sisters, which we bought as hatchlings. They're integrating with 7 older birds...
  4. franciemayhem

    Buff Orpington Hen Limping

    Hey y'all! Long time no post. I hope everyone's doing well! So, I have a flock of six chickens. There are four buff Orpington hens, one silkie pullet, and one silkie cockerel. It seems that all of our hens have started laying at about 6.5 months (we assume so at least, as we get about four eggs...
  5. B

    Leg injury or egg bound?

    Hoping for some insight from anyone with more experience. I have a 5mo old Brahma Pullet. Noticed her having trouble walking 3 days ago. She falls to one side. I’ve examined and don’t see any signs of wounds, swelling, tenderness etc. on the first day her right foot seemed limp, but she is now...
  6. B

    is it bumblefoot or something else?

    my chickens foot has been swollen for 3 months now. it was swollen on just her foot and we cut into it and meaty blood came out. there has been no scab to sign that its bumlefoot. its just a blood pus filled foot and leg. i feel like if it was bumblefoot it would have killed her by now. we...
  7. A

    Chicken can't stand up

    My frizzle chicken was ?attacked? (put it in question marks because I found her running and freaking out With a cat just standing about 5 meters away SO I'm not entirely sure what happened) she was attacked by a small cat no visible injury whatsoever apart from minor feather loss on mid back...
  8. EmilyDee26

    Pullet with hurt leg

    I have a pullet who seems to have injured her leg, although we don’t see any signs of injury. She’s refusing to walk on it and it using her wing as support. We have her isolated in a kennel to prevent her from moving too much & she’s eating and going to the bathroom regularly. If anyone has...
  9. L

    Baby chick leg injury

    A few of my chicks hatched over the past day, and one is not doing so well. She was a bit of a mess already when she emerged, with a big chunk of yolk and the umbilical cord hanging. After she hobbled around throughout the day in the incubator, and I finally got real concerned when I saw her...
  10. T

    My baby chick has an injured leg or sway leg, can someone give me an idea of what to do? She can’t seem to walk on scoots around on belly

    how can I help her?
  11. crunchygranola

    UPDATE: HELP ME!! HAWK ATTACK SURVIVOR!! PLEASE HELP!!

    A couple minutes ago I heard screaming coming from the coop and ran down to find my favorite hen being attacked by a hawk. PLEASE HELP! She’s got a messed up leg and multiple injuries please please help me!!!
  12. Kbake

    Ameraucana chick gender

    My chicks are approximately 4 weeks old. Within the first week I had to bring one inside because they broke their leg. The leg has now healed but we are struggling getting the leg back in motion…. Anyways, I noticed Chilly (our handicapable chick) has way less feathers than the others and is...
  13. rehsanipoor

    mama attacked day old chick. help w/ injury.

    We attempted to introduce 1 day old chicks to our broody hen, and it went very badly. She attacked two of the chicks. Thankfully we were there to quickly rescue them. Unfortunately she injured one. She was bleeding from the neck, which we treated with neosporin and the wound looks much...
  14. I

    Help with roo leg injury

    Hi, I’ve been browsing this forum for a while and learned a lot about keeping chickens. Recently I saw my rooster limping a bit so i went to check the leg and found this strange injury, I don’t know how it happened since we don’t have any predators here and he doesn’t need to fight anyone. I...
  15. G

    Slipped Tendon or Leg Deformity? HELP!

    Hey everyone, I have a four day old chick that’s very lively eating good drinking good but is really struggling to get around. I attached photos of its legs and I’m wondering if anybody could tell me if this is a slip tendon or leg deformity and what I can do?
  16. A

    Rooster with shaking and limpy leg

    hello, i have a rooster named Tony. recently he began losing weight, and having a bit of trouble jumping. he loves to follow people around and try and steal their food, sadly i dont know his age as i.. “adopted” him (our neighbours had him and recently destroyed their hut and living area, so...
  17. ElGoose

    Gosling can’t walk suddenly

    Really worried as I came outside to check on the goslings only to see that one of them can’t walk. It seems to be one foot that it can’t fully stand on, I’ve checked it all over and I can’t see any injury and he doesn’t flail or act in pain when I touch or move any part of it and it all seems to...
    • ElGoose
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    • gosling cant walk gosling injury help injury leg injury
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Geese
  18. A

    Help! 3 year old drake has limp / dislocated leg.

    video My 3 year old drake’s leg is straight back. He can’t walk on it, can’t even move it. I cannot feel a break, when I move it around he doesn’t seem to be in pain. I have tried pushing it around to see if it might pop back but no luck. Everything else if fine, including the other leg. Any...
    • animal-lover
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    • duck injury help leg injury
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. Artchickenlover21

    Hen can't walk or move

    I have a roughly 3/12 or 4 year old hen who has suddenly stopped moving. Two days ago I found her stumbling around in her coop while the others were roosting for the night, looking around as if she couldn't see well and walking into walls and stumbling. Yesterday she acted fine. This morning I...
  20. N

    My duck fell from 4 stairs what should i do?

    I got distracted and my drake fell from 4 stairs(He jump and fell on one stair and after that fell from other and so on) the height is something like 1 meter(4 stairs in total)..I'm afraid he got injuries on his internal organs or leg...he seems fine rn with some minor issues on his leg..what...
    • Naiva80512
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    • fell height leg injury
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
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