Pandang81
Songster
Ok so I brought home a new 8 week old pullet 10 days ago. She’s a funky looking little cross between a Silkie & blue copper maran according to the lady who hatched her. We couldn’t resist when my kids & I saw how funny looking & cute she was so she came home with us…
So 5 days ago she began limping on her left leg. I noticed immediately when I saw her hopping around trying to keep up with the other pullets we have. So I separated her so she wouldn’t strain herself so much & could hopefully recover. For the past 5 days she’s sat in her own separate box with food & water. I gave her a mix of vitamin b complex in her water & some corid daily (because my other pullets that I had her mixed with had coccidia prior to me picking her up).
No other symptoms other than she seems more petite & grows slowly compared to my other pullets but I’ve only had her for 10 days so not enough time to really gage that. Her poop is normal, she’s eating & drinking. She just cannot stand on her left leg (she holds it up) and when she tries to walk she completely falls over most of the time. She shows no other illness signs, doesn’t hunch or close her eyes & I cannot find a specific injury on her leg or toe, I’m no expert though so it could be there.
She does have a fifth toe on the left foot (the left foot is the one that she’s having trouble standing on) And the right foot that she favors only has 4 toes (see pics). (Silkies have 5 toes & she is a mix).
I wondered if it could be meraks or another infection but it’s been 5 days & she’s eating & drinking & pooping completely normally & acting healthy with no worsening. So then it leads me to believe it’s an injury… but after 5 days I don’t understand why she’s not healing at all. No improvement but no worsening either. She still cannot walk on.
Any ideas on what it could be? Or what I can do to help? Could an illness still present itself this way after 5 days with the bird still eating & drinking & pooping normally? What can be done other than rest if it’s an injury? Or could the 5th toe be causing issues?
So 5 days ago she began limping on her left leg. I noticed immediately when I saw her hopping around trying to keep up with the other pullets we have. So I separated her so she wouldn’t strain herself so much & could hopefully recover. For the past 5 days she’s sat in her own separate box with food & water. I gave her a mix of vitamin b complex in her water & some corid daily (because my other pullets that I had her mixed with had coccidia prior to me picking her up).
No other symptoms other than she seems more petite & grows slowly compared to my other pullets but I’ve only had her for 10 days so not enough time to really gage that. Her poop is normal, she’s eating & drinking. She just cannot stand on her left leg (she holds it up) and when she tries to walk she completely falls over most of the time. She shows no other illness signs, doesn’t hunch or close her eyes & I cannot find a specific injury on her leg or toe, I’m no expert though so it could be there.
She does have a fifth toe on the left foot (the left foot is the one that she’s having trouble standing on) And the right foot that she favors only has 4 toes (see pics). (Silkies have 5 toes & she is a mix).
I wondered if it could be meraks or another infection but it’s been 5 days & she’s eating & drinking & pooping completely normally & acting healthy with no worsening. So then it leads me to believe it’s an injury… but after 5 days I don’t understand why she’s not healing at all. No improvement but no worsening either. She still cannot walk on.
Any ideas on what it could be? Or what I can do to help? Could an illness still present itself this way after 5 days with the bird still eating & drinking & pooping normally? What can be done other than rest if it’s an injury? Or could the 5th toe be causing issues?
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