Chicken hock or hip problem?

[ckuehn]

This girl in front is Grace Kelly. 3 year old Ameraucana. She is walking with a weird limp that is NOT bumblefoot. I think she may have injured her hock. Yesterday I gave her Loxicom and an epsom salt soak. No change. Today I wrapped that hock loosely with 3M drawing poultice and vet wrap, gave more loxicom and put her in a cage with no perch. I have a lot of trouble deciding if this is a hock problem or a hip problem. She as a master at hiding injuries and despite being my always- handled and familiar chick, she really doesn't like to be messed with. She is the ghost who is with me all the time but would appreciate it if I ignored her. It is night time and I though about suspending her in a sling, but she would pitch a real fit about it so I won't stress her more than I have to. I wou'd get a video of her gate ar she walks tomorrow to see if anyone has seen anything like this before.

 

[coach723]

A video might help. Sprains and strains are not uncommon, she could have landed wonky jumping down, etc. Sometimes it's just time that's needed. If she's getting around ok, eating and drinking, droppings look normal, no one is picking on her, then I would just keep an eye on her.

 

[ckuehn]

A video might help. Sprains and strains are not uncommon, she could have landed wonky jumping down, etc. Sometimes it's just time that's needed. If she's getting around ok, eating and drinking, droppings look normal, no one is picking on her, then I would just keep an eye on her.

 

[ckuehn]

She is not much better. She is eating and drinking. She has sling, but freaks out and tries to get out of it. I have given her two soaks and loxicam again. It seems like she walks and down's keep her toes straight (curls them). I may put a foot splint on her and see if it helps.

 

[ckuehn]

She is not much better. She is eating and drinking. She has sling, but freaks out and tries to get out of it. I have given her two soaks and loxicam again. It seems like she walks and down's keep her toes straight (curls them). I may put a foot splint on her and see if it helps.

I soaked her again today. I gave her more loxicam, and B12 and I put colloidal silver on her foot and then I put it on a splint. She is aways curling it and walking on it curled now. Her best friends are being mean to her now that she is out of the flock so much of the time. I am running out of ideas and I just can't do $400+ for an xray with a vet who admittedly does not know much about chickens.
I am hoping time will help. She hopped and flopped all the way from my back yard to the coop yesterday afternoon to flop into a nest and lay an egg. She eats well. She doesn't drink much. She seems very scared and vulnerable (she wasn't on top of the pecking order before-kind of a loner who shadowed me most of the day).

 

[ckuehn]

I soaked her again today. I gave her more loxicam, and B12 and I put colloidal silver on her foot and then I put it on a splint. She is aways curling it and walking on it curled now. Her best friends are being mean to her now that she is out of the flock so much of the time. I am running out of ideas and I just can't do $400+ for an xray with a vet who admittedly does not know much about chickens.
I am hoping time will help. She hopped and flopped all the way from my back yard to the coop yesterday afternoon to flop into a nest and lay an egg. She eats well. She doesn't drink much. She seems very scared and vulnerable (she wasn't on top of the pecking order before-kind of a loner who shadowed me most of the day).

Rooster booster in her water and her food.

 

[ckuehn]

 

[ckuehn]

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It is day 11 of treatment with Poultry cell and a vitamin B complex human drops. My mind is playing tricks on me. When I carry her around, she grabs my fingers with both claws. She shakes her tail a lot and I'm not sure she was able to do this three days ago. On the depressing side, she still drinks little or no water. She gets anything she will eat. Blueberries, grapes, string cheese, hard boiled egg, fresh corn, chick food in a sour mash water with sunflower seed on it. She is losing weight and doesn't eat much. She is alert and certainly not in any pain that I can sense. Her quality of life is crap, but she is not suffering as we wait this out. DOES anyone out there know more about this deficiency??? How long is too long? Am I just hoping beyond hope that she is improving. Is there anything else I can be looking for? I have switched her to a Super Vitamin B-complex pill and vitamin e softgel. I was concerned that I wasn't sure she was getting the whole dose (she shakes her head and it flies everywhere or just dribbles down her chin). With the pill, I know she is getting 20 mg of riboflavin. She started limping last Saturday the 1st. She was still hopping around on the second and third. By the 4th, I knew it wasn't an injury because she was losing almost all movement in both legs. Two weeks before-severe mite and lice infestation in that coop and the chickens who had them the worst are having a terrible problem now. She has NO evidence of mites anymore.

 

[Bean1028]

Wow, I'm so sorry that no one has replied to this thread! I wish I could help, but I'm also researching...hope you were able to figure it out!