Born with a twisted leg. Pictures below.

[hugitnotnugget]

We just picked up this pulley yesterday. They gave her to us because of her bad leg. She seems to hobble around when needed. She was born in April. Any ideas on how we can help her?

 

[cow whisperer]

Poor baby!!!!
I'm going to allow someone who has a lot more experience with chickens answer that.

 

[Kiki]

I've never seen something like this. Vitamins and
I am going to guess the best thing to do would be to splint it (maybe a popsicle stick with vet tape) but I am not sure that would help.
I'll be watching too for others answers.
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Was this a breeder that gave her to you?

It looks like she has a leg bone deformity like Varus Valgus or one of the "variations" like Twisted Tibia or Tibial Dyschondroplasia. If she was hatched this way, then the parent stock could have had a manganese or mineral deficiency.

Something like this is not easily treated. You can try splinting, but at her age, it may not work and cause pain/discomfort. Some people have found an avian vet or veterinary college to volunteer to perform surgery as a learning resource, but again, it may not be a fix.

You can take a "wait and see" approach to monitor her progress - she may be able to manage in a small flock if she can get to feed/water, but you would need to check the legs regularly - I would think she would suffer from hock burns or sores on the hocks because she will be on them most of the time.

It won't hurt to offer her poultry vitamins containing Vitamin B2(Riboflavin) or crush a human B-Complex tablet and add it to her chick starter.

I appreciate that you took her and want to help - I hope you can find a solution.

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul.../noninfectious-skeletal-disorders-in-broilers
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_intertarsal_joint_in_broiler_chickens

 

[hugitnotnugget]

Was this a breeder that gave her to you?

It looks like she has a leg bone deformity like Varus Valgus or one of the "variations" like Twisted Tibia or Tibial Dyschondroplasia. If she was hatched this way, then the parent stock could have had a manganese or mineral deficiency.

Something like this is not easily treated. You can try splinting, but at her age, it may not work and cause pain/discomfort. Some people have found an avian vet or veterinary college to volunteer to perform surgery as a learning resource, but again, it may not be a fix.

You can take a "wait and see" approach to monitor her progress - she may be able to manage in a small flock if she can get to feed/water, but you would need to check the legs regularly - I would think she would suffer from hock burns or sores on the hocks because she will be on them most of the time.

It won't hurt to offer her poultry vitamins containing Vitamin B2(Riboflavin) or crush a human B-Complex tablet and add it to her chick starter.

I appreciate that you took her and want to help - I hope you can find a solution.

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul.../noninfectious-skeletal-disorders-in-broilers
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_intertarsal_joint_in_broiler_chickens

Thank you! I will try the vitamins and do some more research. It was a family friend who raises chickens. It's sad they didn't even see what her leg was like this until a couple weeks ago! But I guess what says somthing positive about her movement. I think the main problem she is having is that the twist makes that side much shorter! It would be nice to be able to add a little lift because she spends a lot of time holding that side up and limping around. I think since we just got her I will give her a while to get used to her new home and she how she does getting around but I would like to help her be more of a normal chicken.