Crooked claw

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Another issue from the problem child, Carolina Reaper my silkie.

She’s been limping AGAIN but seems more used to it but hasn’t been eating too well, she tries to stand on one foot and it looks like trying to scratch her stomach or tuck her foot under her feathers, she hobble runs but isn’t fast enough and I’ve had to dry her off so many times, only thing I see odd about her foot is a crooked claw, could that be causing it? How can I fix it?

I just moved her onto a pillow wrapped in plastic bags to keep it clean so she has sometime soft to sit on, she seems more content there

 

[azygous]

A crooked toe shouldn't cause lameness. A broken nail would. If the nail has come loose from the nail bed, it will cause a lot of pain. You need to look further because unless the nail is loose, the crooked toe shouldn't be causing her limping.

A wound on the bottom of the foot would cause pain and make it hurt to walk. Look on the tops of the toes and t the webbing between. Look for splinters. Once I noticed a rooster of mine limping, and in inspection, I discovered a pine cone scale wedged in between his nail and the nail bed. Ouch.

A crooked toe is common, and I would say a third of my flock has at least one crooked toe. They all started out with straight toes as baby chicks. I have no idea how a toe becomes crooked over the years of a chicken's life, but it never has caused any issues as far as my chickens are concerned. The same with broken nails. The older a chicken gets, the more nails they lose over the years. None of these issues cause problems. At least in my flock.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

A crooked toe shouldn't cause lameness. A broken nail would. If the nail has come loose from the nail bed, it will cause a lot of pain. You need to look further because unless the nail is loose, the crooked toe shouldn't be causing her limping.

A wound on the bottom of the foot would cause pain and make it hurt to walk. Look on the tops of the toes and t the webbing between. Look for splinters. Once I noticed a rooster of mine limping, and in inspection, I discovered a pine cone scale wedged in between his nail and the nail bed. Ouch.

A crooked toe is common, and I would say a third of my flock has at least one crooked toe. They all started out with straight toes as baby chicks. I have no idea how a toe becomes crooked over the years of a chicken's life, but it never has caused any issues as far as my chickens are concerned. The same with broken nails. The older a chicken gets, the more nails they lose over the years. None of these issues cause problems. At least in my flock.

Not a crooked toe, her toe is straight but her claw is growing crooked. I have checked her foot before but I will check again