Chicken can't walk properly, please help!

Update:
Seems to be in good health other than the described injuries. The guy at the feed shop said it could be worms, so we gave her some kilverm this arvo after a little stroll/dust bath.
Gave her a salad with kefir, kale, layers mix w/ pellets, grass/clovers and some coconut oil on chia toast - very gourmet chicken caesar salad.

Also got a video that'll show her injury clearer than the others.

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either its tibia or its knee joint, which is where the tibia and femur meet

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That helps so much! Cheers. Are you able to describe the flex you saw in the video? Was it in the right leg?

We will give her a bath and give her more calcium and protein. Would it be wise to put her in a sling, splint or just keep her confined?

Sorry for all the questions, we are new.
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Edit: We think it may be a dislocation in it's leg somewhere as she can still stand up ok and is not lifting one leg up as if it were snapped badly.
Could she be egg bound?

We also found this clip on youtube with a rooster with a dislocated leg and it looks similar to how Arthur walks, do you guys think this could this be it?

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Update:
Still the same pretty much, very slight improvement. We uploaded a new video of her legs when standing, seems like where the Tibia meets the Metatarsis possibly?...

Taking her to our veterinarian friend tomorrow, hopefully it'll be sorted soon :)

Will update tomorrow. Cheers

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it very well could be dislocated, and yes right leg, ankle joint

rewatching the video, and how it swivels, i am in agreement, hopefully the vet can just pop it back into place


Good luck!!
 

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