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Well I mean of her legs. If we could see what her posture is like, someone may have had similar experience with their chicken(s) and be able to chime in
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Well I mean of her legs. If we could see what her posture is like, someone may have had similar experience with their chicken(s) and be able to chime in
I wonder if she had access to something toxic or harboring botulism. Or maybe needs a multivitamin with B vitamins being important.
How do her pupils look? Nice and round and black? Or are they irregular shaped?
Marek's can cause weird leg things and paralysis. Do you have any idea if she was vaccinated?
Other than that, if it's sudden, there must be a cause. Check her over VERY thoroughly for any bites (spider, snake, rat) or injuries/wounds. Feel her abdomen for anything odd - lumps, masses, fluid-filled.
Purple combs can be circulatory-related.
Have you wormed your flock lately??
MrsB
Off topic, but does she have five toes on that foot?
Her eyes are bright and her pupils are normal. She has not been vaccinated. I just checked her all over. No bite marks and other wounds. She is molting too. And no, no worming has been done. But they also don't free range and live on concrete so they don't have a high chance of getting worms.
I might worm them once a year out of an abundance of caution, even on concrete. If they snap up flying insects, it's possible they could become infected. Valbazen gets pretty much every worm known to chickens... Safeguard is good, too. Just an encouragement.
If you gently manipulate her leg at the ankle, hock and hip joint, does she show any signs of discomfort or agitation?
You could always make a chicken sling to see if she can get her feet under her. Search at the top of the forum for 323,450,578 threads on chicken slings.
MrsB