Chicken has been limping around

[ChookGirl02]

my bantam chicken who’s about 4 years old has just recently started limping around to the point where she will just lay on the dirt until it’s time to go to bed she can’t walk for more than 3 seconds she doesn’t make any noise when she walks either, very concerned about her

 

[Quailobsessed]

Does it look or feel broken? Could you get her to a vet by any chance? Does she still eat and drink? Is she housed with other chickens. From the angle of the picture it looks swollen. Sorry about all the questions, I don't want to jump to conclusions without all the information.

 

[Quailobsessed]

Also welcome to BYC!

 

[ChookGirl02]

Does it look or feel broken? Could you get her to a vet by any chance? Does she still eat and drink? Is she housed with other chickens. From the angle of the picture it looks swollen. Sorry about all the questions, I don't want to jump to conclusions without all the information.

she is housed with two other bantam chickens. and she eats and drinks im not sure what a broken chicken leg feels like but she struggles a lot just to balance

 

[Quailobsessed]

Could you take her to a vet? I understand it's not always easy to find a vet that does chickens or it's very expensive so I'm just asking if it is an option.

 

[ChookGirl02]

Could you take her to a vet? I understand it's not always easy to find a vet that does chickens or it's very expensive so I'm just asking if it is an option.

Well i’m 17 and i don’t have any money and my parents won’t pay for it so it’s not an option.

 

[Quailobsessed]

Okay just checking.

 

[Quailobsessed]

She could have some sort of ligament damage otherwise. Did she start limping all of a sudden or was this a gradual thing? Can you think of a time she could have injured herself?

 

[ChookGirl02]

She could have some sort of ligament damage otherwise. Did she start limping all of a sudden or was this a gradual thing? Can you think of a time she could have injured herself?

We did have a quite large australorp that use to jump on top of her, our australorp was really broody i have a strong feeling that the damage is from the australorp. We have recently got rid of our australorp because of that reason.

 

[Quailobsessed]

That could be the issue. Broody hens get so aggressive. I have a broody australorp at the moment. She get pretty aggressive, even when she's not broody!

I had a chicken with a broken leg once. It was much worse, the bone was completely snapped. We strapped her leg with a stick to support her. She was nearly 9 years old at the time. She ended up passing away a couple of days later. Sad story aside, could you strap your chickens leg to a stick to support the leg? I'm a bit lost for answers, but I'm doing the best I can.