Chicken with swollen feet

Lizzie_Pinecone24

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Her feet are swollen and she has problem with walking, none of my other chickens are having this problem they don't have lice or mites they just have straw in their hut and dirt in their run they free range either in the woods or in the grassy yard.
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Could you get another picture of her standing on her two feet side by side tomorrow? Swollen feet and toes can be a sign of articular gout. Do you see any swelling of her ankles or hock joints? Does she have any scabs or bumblefoot on the bottom of her foot pads? What are you feeding her? Here is some reading about causes of gout:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/gout-management-in-poultry
 
I don't see anything of swelling in the ankles or hocks and she doesn't have any scabs on her feet and I don't see anything for bumble foot, I feed her high protein crumble, scratch and layer pellets.
 
The swollen toes do look like possible gout. One of the common causes of gout is feeding too much protein in the diet. Chickens only need between 16 and 20% protein. I would switch the feed right away to an all flock or layer type feed.
 

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