Hello! I am hoping for some help! I do not have a vet that will see chickens, except for euthanasia purposes.
I have a six year old chicken who is standing on one leg and has a limp when she walks. I noticed this for about four days outside then I brought her inside and she has been inside for a full week tomorrow with no change in either direction.
She seems reasonably happy, eating and drinking, tail up, walks around some rooting for food and looking around and pooping normally. I have cleaned her feet and put on olive oil and or Vaseline on everyday thinking she maybe has scaly leg mites and that is causing the limping and holding one foot up. I notice her nails are overgrown and am working on trimming those down as well.
She does have a lot of redness on the pad of one foot. It is the foot she is standing on not the foot she is holding up so I assumed that it must be from the pressure of standing on it all the time not from bumble foot. I can’t say I ever looked closely at her feet before so I don’t know the color they normally should be. I gave half a baby aspirin for a couple days but there seems to be conflicting information on that and how much so I discontinued as to not cause more harm than good. I should note that a night or two before I noticed this issue she and my one other chicken left slept on top of their coop instead of inside. I know the chicken in question has had trouble getting down in the past and often would stay up there until I put her down so I think there may be an injury from getting down potentially. I have felt her legs, feet and thighs and nothing seems notably out of place, painful or hot. I will attach pictures and hopefully someone can give me some guidance as to what to do and what it may be.
I attached photos of how she stands with one foot up. One of the red foot she is standing on. One of the foot she is holding up (The less red of the two) and the tops of her feet potentially showing scaly leg mites and overgrown nails.
I have a six year old chicken who is standing on one leg and has a limp when she walks. I noticed this for about four days outside then I brought her inside and she has been inside for a full week tomorrow with no change in either direction.
She seems reasonably happy, eating and drinking, tail up, walks around some rooting for food and looking around and pooping normally. I have cleaned her feet and put on olive oil and or Vaseline on everyday thinking she maybe has scaly leg mites and that is causing the limping and holding one foot up. I notice her nails are overgrown and am working on trimming those down as well.
She does have a lot of redness on the pad of one foot. It is the foot she is standing on not the foot she is holding up so I assumed that it must be from the pressure of standing on it all the time not from bumble foot. I can’t say I ever looked closely at her feet before so I don’t know the color they normally should be. I gave half a baby aspirin for a couple days but there seems to be conflicting information on that and how much so I discontinued as to not cause more harm than good. I should note that a night or two before I noticed this issue she and my one other chicken left slept on top of their coop instead of inside. I know the chicken in question has had trouble getting down in the past and often would stay up there until I put her down so I think there may be an injury from getting down potentially. I have felt her legs, feet and thighs and nothing seems notably out of place, painful or hot. I will attach pictures and hopefully someone can give me some guidance as to what to do and what it may be.
I attached photos of how she stands with one foot up. One of the red foot she is standing on. One of the foot she is holding up (The less red of the two) and the tops of her feet potentially showing scaly leg mites and overgrown nails.