4 week chick with swollen "knee"

Kasai

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Hello,
I have a 4 week chick who has not been wanting to walk for about a week. Didn't like putting weight on her left leg. I noticed its gotten pretty swollen and she won't put any weight on it at all now.
She's been separated for a week with just 1 friend, none of the other chicks are having this problem.
Can anyone please advise me on what's wrong with her and how I can fix it?
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What does the swelling feel like? Does anywhere along the rest of her leg feel 'off' to you? Anything out of sorts aside from the joint?
 
Her skin feels warmer than seems normal. The joint feels hard and warmer than the rest of her leg.
I was checking her over and noticed she has this second bump and some yellow speckles on her legs. She's an orpington so shouldn't have yellow on her legs.
I took some better pictures


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You can't really tell in the pictures but her entire left leg is swollen to a size noticeably larger than the right leg.
It doesn't seem to hurt her when I touch the bumps.
 

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