1yr old chicken limping suddenly today, how should I help her?

[rainbowgecko]

My chicken seems like she's hobbling/hopping/limping today.

She also seems a bit tired.

But her comb is still red and she still tries to play with the other chickens. (Who are not having issues.)

I'm not sure how I should be helping her?

Is it bumblefoot? Scaly leg mites?

I tried to take photos of her feet and video of her walking.

Video of her walking 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XEjC1fq_h3y6FI2-72RmnI0vUdeFDQTV/view?usp=sharing

Video of her walking 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XLkaL6OurmlWTfWNNV-Cryd0NCaEXpFP/view?usp=sharing

Video of her foot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XGtL5a4Hg8lFPJqdKvZigMrOV8y8ZbGm/view?usp=sharing (potentially raised scales?)

Pic of both feet (not very well focused): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XRq1-Pm-cLz_326EEKsqStMs0sarKTll/view?usp=sharing

In-focus pic of foot that may be swollen?: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X__yNi5Su_JxukPPtQGfCNP0yTNnGBeS/view?usp=sharing (The foot fully visible is the side she's limping with I'm pretty sure)

What do you make of this?

What should I be doing to help her?

 

[Swbertrand1]

It's clearly the left foot that's bothering her, and in the still photos, there looks to be a large dark patch on one side of the center foot pad. Is that dirt, or is that a black scab-like material?

 

[rainbowgecko]

It's clearly the left foot that's bothering her, and in the still photos, there looks to be a large dark patch on one side of the center foot pad. Is that dirt, or is that a black scab-like material?

It's dirt I think. Should I try washing her feet?

I also have epsom salts (unscented) if I should try soaking her feet like the beginning bumblefoot treatment recommends?

 

[Swbertrand1]

It's dirt I think. Should I try washing her feet?

If it's just dirt, you've less to worry about, but washing them will help you identify problems with her feet. If you're going to take the time wash them, you might try to give her feet a little bath of Epsom Salt diluted in warm water. That will ease her discomfort if it is the foot that's bothering her, and her clean feet will allow you to get a better look at them.

You're looking for signs of bumblefoot (information link below), OR something like a splinter or thorn that may be causing her irritation. Here's a link to some information to get you started on possible bumblefoot.

http://www.poultrydvm.com/condition/bumblefoot

 

[rainbowgecko]

If it's just dirt, you've less to worry about, but washing them will help you identify problems with her feet. If you're going to take the time wash them, you might try to give her feet a little bath of Epsom Salt diluted in warm water. That will ease her discomfort if it is the foot that's bothering her, and her clean feet will allow you to get a better look at them.

You're looking for signs of bumblefoot (information link below), OR something like a splinter or thorn that may be causing her irritation. Here's a link to some information to get you started on possible bumblefoot.

So pretty much I should give her a little bath with the epsom salts, and then look at the feet again.

I think your links might not have added?

Do you think it would be normal for her to be tired if she's in pain? Like maybe she didn't sleep very well?

I'll go prepare an epsom soak and update

 

[Swbertrand1]

So pretty much I should give her a little bath with the epsom salts, and then look at the feet again.

I think your links might not have added?

Do you think it would be normal for her to be tired if she's in pain? Like maybe she didn't sleep very well?

I'll go prepare an epsom soak and update

Sorry, I added the link via edit as I forgot to paste it before uploading the reply. Pain in humans makes us less energetic, and I think the same is true for birds, but that's very subjective.
It's possible she didn't sleep well, but this looks like something more serious than lack of sleep is causing pain judging by her hobble. If you have a dog crate or ICU coop, I'd keep her in one of those for a few days with food and water to keep her from any jumping up and down until the source of her issue can be identified.
Let us know what you find when you get her feet cleaned and post photos of them if you can. Sometimes it's easier to lay a chicken on its back to get photos of the feet bottoms, but may take someone else to hold her in place for a few seconds to do that...

 

[Swbertrand1]

So pretty much I should give her a little bath with the epsom salts, and then look at the feet again.

I think your links might not have added?

Do you think it would be normal for her to be tired if she's in pain? Like maybe she didn't sleep very well?

I'll go prepare an epsom soak and update

You're only washing her feet, not the whole bird...

 

[Shezadandy]

Do you think it would be normal for her to be tired if she's in pain? Like maybe she didn't sleep very well?

Keep in mind that a limping chicken is overusing half her body to keep moving around whatever it is that hurts. If you hop around on one leg for a while, even if it's your "good" leg, all the muscles on the "good" side will become very tired and the bad leg/foot will still hurt. So moving does become a bigger effort- sore body on the side that's working hard to keep her upright and then the pain of whatever is injured.

If you find it's not bumble foot, you may want to consider containing her to a crate where her food and water is within easy reach and where she can't jump up on anything. Maybe give her a very low (like 4 inches high) perch in there - if you find post-soak that it's not bumble foot, whatever she injured will need rest and time to heal.

 

[rainbowgecko]

I have new photos and video after cleaning her feet.

Video where I try to show both her feet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y0Lcc0SixfO-ACjhEA_sY80yJrMrByy2/view?usp=sharing (video was taken without putting her down, I put her down between video and photos so her feet got more dirt on them which I think makes it hard to tell)

I see some black on her one foot but I'm pretty sure that it wiped off... I have to wait until my partner comes home to be able to do this better than by myself. Still image of this from the video above: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13HcGJ7iGWbrXr2Q4xXdtQpi2hM9b7Owr/view?usp=sharing

Tried to get some pictures: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xom94lEx-RX8fVVD0QvhjXXEz7DTtfgi/view?usp=sharing

More: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XreIaUzu4EO_w7oqMahqA7A0fJ7M9cHQ/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XtcFV9m8nE7qrLOWp2XDKZut1bSAvdKR/view?usp=sharing (I put her down though so she got a little dirty)

I'm still wondering if her scales are raised on the foot or if that's what the issue is?

Photo of scales on her foot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XoY96ffS13RUtbGyklFp0K5DjP0nx82v/view?usp=sharing (which are also shown in the video) This picture is of her sister same breed/age for comparison: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y046AzOoI3iOVn-k_0HnQ9REAsS5Jl4t/view?usp=sharing

 

[rainbowgecko]

Thanks for all of your help, these photos are not easy to take by myself so hopefully they're at least any amount of useful for you