Broken? Slipped tendon? HELP please

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

Hello...I found my Brown Leghorn hen with this injury this morning. She's limping and the legg is obviously hurt...how can I tell if it's broken or slipped tendon or something else. I also just noticed her comb looks a bit blue? I was going to get her isolated, but found her dustbathing, so for now she's not on it. Idk what to do, or if I should do anything?!?! All input is appreciated. Please see attached pics from this morning and just now....it won't let me add the videos.

 

[alinas2010]

Sorry about your hen. How is she doing today? Have you felt all up and down the leg that she is favoring very slowly and deliberately? Notice any tender areas or anything out of place? Compare to another hen or her other leg if you need to. I would definitely keep her kenneled to prevent further damage. Sometimes it’s just a sprain or sore muscle and needs to heal rested a few weeks to recover. To post videos you have to post them to some other platform like YouTube then link or post them here. Let us know what you find.

 

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

I truly appreciate you replying... I do have her in a smaller coop with a friend. She's not much better..not really bad, even laid an egg! I don't want to stress her too much but did feel her leg yesterday as best I could as I am afraid to hurt her more, it didn't feel different...I'll try again tomorrow. She's quite flighty so it's hard to catch her and stressful for us both. shes still acting like her rambunctious self...Thank you again for your input! Means a lot. I just hope she does heal well!

 

[alinas2010]

I truly appreciate you replying... I do have her in a smaller coop with a friend. She's not much better..not really bad, even laid an egg! I don't want to stress her too much but did feel her leg yesterday as best I could as I am afraid to hurt her more, it didn't feel different...I'll try again tomorrow. She's quite flighty so it's hard to catch her and stressful for us both. shes still acting like her rambunctious self...Thank you again for your input! Means a lot. I just hope she does heal well!

You’re so welcome, sorry it took a bit for a reply. If you have someone to help you, you can try having someone wrap her in a towel, pinning her wings to her sides (kind of gently but firmly enough so that she can’t flap around) while they hold her and you examine her legs. It can help keep them calm and make handling them a bit easier being wrapped in a towel. That’s how we’ve done bumble foot treatments. I know it’s probably easier said than done, still though.

Perhaps just being confined a few days or a week or so will keep her settled down enough that she will improve and start to put weight on her leg. It may just be a watch and see thing. But let us know what you find.

 

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

Thank you again. Unfortunately, I don't have help right now due to a family emergency my partner had to go deal with. We figure at this point it is a wait and see kinda thing...being she's still trying to be active, but now somewhat confined, hoping she will rest some and it will heal. Her comb and wattles are still bright, and no discoloration in the foot...so everything is crossed hoping she will heal. Breaks my heart seeing them hurt or sick. Still fairly new to this, so again thank you for the input!

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry but I thought I posted this yesterday, but apparently forgot to hit the post button, but here it is late:
How high are your roosts, and do you have a rooster who is trying to mate them? Does she straighten the leg at all? If she is not limiting her own activity, I would think about placing her in a wire dog crate with food and water, but keep it with the flock, so that she will see them and have company. B complex tablets for humans can be given 1/2 tablet daily crushed and spread into a little food which may help her. Examine the leg and the bottom of the foot for a scab, green bruising, swelling, or redness. Some chickens can be born with varus or valgus leg bone deformity in one or both legs. Those may cause an issue if the hock tendon ruptures.

 

[Hunlock Creek Chickys]

Sorry but I thought I posted this yesterday, but apparently forgot to hit the post button, but here it is late:
How high are your roosts, and do you have a rooster who is trying to mate them? Does she straighten the leg at all? If she is not limiting her own activity, I would think about placing her in a wire dog crate with food and water, but keep it with the flock, so that she will see them and have company. B complex tablets for humans can be given 1/2 tablet daily crushed and spread into a little food which may help her. Examine the leg and the bottom of the foot for a scab, green bruising, swelling, or redness. Some chickens can be born with varus or valgus leg bone deformity in one or both legs. Those may cause an issue if the hock tendon ruptures.

Thank you for the input. Even if she's 6 months or older and laying? All our chickens, 17 in total, have 2 high and one ladder roost. The high ones are about 2 ft off the coop bottom, the ladder roost is attached to one and close to the other. Our rooster has already been mating her as she's been laying about 2-3 weeks now. I didn't see her straighten it yesterday, but I did gently pull on it and she reacted some to get away, but she's always like that. She is currently in a small coop with another hen and in the morning I put them both under it as there's a "run" the same size of the small coop. I will inspect her feet later....and I sure hope it's not a ruptured tendon...she was always very active prior to this so.....I guess time will tell. Thank you again!