Bleeding on chicken foot and legs

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Hello, I just noticed my show girl silkie has bleeding on her upper legs and toes. There is also some yellow around there too. I’m not sure what it could be. Her toes are also enlarged. Please if anyone can help me I will be so grateful
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Hello, I just noticed my show girl silkie has bleeding on her upper legs and toes. There is also some yellow around there too. I’m not sure what it could be. Her toes are also enlarged. Please if anyone can help me I will be so grateful

I was thinking about that but she also has it in her crop.
Can you get photos of all of her and the front of her legs/feet too?
What do you feed, including treats?

What do you mean she also has it in her crop? Are you seeing yellow or white pasty material inside her beak and/or throat, any discharge or crusty around the eyes, nostrils, etc.?
Any bad odor from the legs/joint or from around her face/inside her beak?
Any lethargy?
She sits a lot or move about?
Any lice or mites on the body crawling around? For mites, you'll need to check when roosting. Look around the vent, under the wings, etc.

With photos and more info, I may be able to offer better suggestions.

That said - initial care I would give is to clean the legs with chlorhexidine and apply a triple antibiotic ointment. I'd be inclined to wrap both joints, I assume she's not roosting?
Keep her on clean dry bedding.
 
Thank you so much for responding. Yes, I did notice some yellow on her beak and some yellow like scab on her crop. Her legs do smell so I washed them with some warm water with epson salt. I also cleaned out a space for her with dry clean bedding. I believe she is still roosting. She is still with her chicks who are about three months old. She still walks and takes sun baths but I noticed that she has a bit of a limp. I feed her regular chicken feed with cracked corn. I also feed her kitchen scraps. I just noticed her legs today. What could this be? I will send more detailed pictures first thing in the morning. What can I use to wrap her legs with? Will vet wrap work? Thank you so much for helping me. I am still new to owning chickens and have never had to deal with something like this so thank you 🙏
 

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