I noticed today that my 20 week old pullet (we don't know what she is, she's a mutt from someone else's farm) has a bent toe. She doesn't favor it especially. I do remember about two months ago she was holding the leg up, from time to time, but she was really hard for me to pick up so I didn't pay much attention to the leg thing because she's feisty and it didn't seem like she was injured. Now I feel bad about ignoring her. I wish I had tried to look at it closer & inspect her feet then, b/c now she's got this nodule on the top of her toe which doesn't flatten out if I stretch out her toe. The good thing is she doesn't act like it hurts her, at all. Still as feisty as ever!
I checked the bottom of her foot. It looks totally normal. The bent toe looks normal too, except for the bump on top. It looks to me here like a broken joint which healed crooked. I'm including photo of it. Is there something I can do, at this apparently late date? Does have experience with this and know whether she is going to be hindered by it in the future? Thanks!
I checked the bottom of her foot. It looks totally normal. The bent toe looks normal too, except for the bump on top. It looks to me here like a broken joint which healed crooked. I'm including photo of it. Is there something I can do, at this apparently late date? Does have experience with this and know whether she is going to be hindered by it in the future? Thanks!
