DesertBird
Songster
Earlier today, I noticed my chicken walking with a slight limp. When I picked her up to check her foot, it seems like there was a very slight, flat scab? thorn? on the pad of her foot the same color as her foot (no redness, no swelling, no black scab) and she was definitely not happy about it being touched. Since it didn't seem to be bugging her too much and she was still running around, I left for an hour or two and put her back with the other chickens, assuming it was just a thorn and that maybe she could work it out herself while I was gone and if not, I'd try to get it out for her. Checking her again when I got home right before putting them all to bed, the slight scab or whatever it was is gone, but now there's a tiny hole in it's place?? It also doesn't seem swollen, no blood, etc. but I'll try to get a pic in a bit to attach.