2mo old pullet showing bone deformity

[Oldhenhens]

So this sweet girl is 2 mo old. Barnyard mix. EE and ?? I never noticed an issue until about a month ago and she was more secluded and in a corner more than usual. All the chicks (she is one of a 23 chick hatch) are in the main coop now and she is always by herself and all hunched up. He crop was always pretty empty. I pulled her because she looks like the others have been pecking her back. I noticed her breastbone it sticking way out forward. None of her bone structure feels right when I pick her up. She has more of a penguin walk.
When I moved her out of to e coop to a brooder she ate and drank like crazy! Poor girl was starved. Now she eats and drinks regularly without competition but her crop never feels full. Her back is healing and she is getting a few feather regrowing.
Anyone have anything similar before? I’m all about trying. I got a EE with only one eye. She was a July hatch (from a hatchery) and is laying pretty blue eggs with the best of them. I have a red hen (given to me so I don’t know her age) she hasn’t laid for 6 months, in a corner all the time and possibly blind and I brought her back to a beauty and she has given me 3 eggs in the last 4 days!!!
So I’m not quick to give up. I just don’t know if with all the bone structure issues if this little pullet is going to have more issues as she grows and develops. I do not want her to suffer.
Thank you!!

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Poor baby. I wish I could help.

 

[Oldhenhens]

Poor baby. I wish I could help.

Thank you!

 

[NatJ]

I noticed her breastbone it sticking way out forward. None of her bone structure feels right when I pick her up.

That could just be caused by semi-starvation for a long time.
If so, it should seem more normal as she gains weight, now that you've got her separated.

(Of course she might have some underlying problem too, but chicken bones do feel really weird when they do not have the usual amount of muscle & fat on them.)

When I moved her out of to e coop to a brooder she ate and drank like crazy! Poor girl was starved. Now she eats and drinks regularly without competition but her crop never feels full.

Do you mean it's empty, or just not stuffed full? Completely empty would be odd and concerning. But as long as she keeps eating & drinking, and has something in her crop, it may just be the way she likes to do things.

 

[Oldhenhens]

That could just be caused by semi-starvation for a long time.
If so, it should seem more normal as she gains weight, now that you've got her separated.

(Of course she might have some underlying problem too, but chicken bones do feel really weird when they do not have the usual amount of muscle & fat on them.)


Do you mean it's empty, or just not stuffed full? Completely empty would be odd and concerning. But as long as she keeps eating & drinking, and has something in her crop, it may just be the way she likes to do things.

She is doing good in the brooder with two silkies. I think they will remain roommates for quite awhile.