Displayed leg??

[Mountain Peeps]

I wonder if she had access to something toxic or harboring botulism. Or maybe needs a multivitamin with B vitamins being important.

All she has been around is her normal surroundings. Nothing has changed except that they had beets as a treat yesterday.

 

[MacCana]

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

 

[Mountain Peeps]

This is the best I could get as of now

 

[Mountain Peeps]

And she just had a really white and running dropping.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I wonder if she had access to something toxic or harboring botulism. Or maybe needs a multivitamin with B vitamins being important.

X2. I doubt it is sickness related especially if it happened over night. Could she have gotten her leg stuck some where and twisted it?

 

[mymilliefleur]

This is the best I could get as of now

Off topic, but does she have five toes on that foot?

 

[Mountain Peeps]

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

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.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

Off topic, but does she have five toes on that foot?

Nope just the four

 

[Mountain Peeps]

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

Ok thanks!

She did flinch a bit when I squeezed her ankle area.

I'll look into the sling.

Also, is it ok that she is still standing? I can't get her to lay down.

 

[MrsBrooke]

Ok thanks!

She did flinch a bit when I squeezed her ankle area.

I'll look into the sling.

Also, is it ok that she is still standing? I can't get her to lay down.

Glad we may be getting to the cause. Perhaps it's an injury. Sometimes, jumping off things can twist ankles, hocks and hips.

If she feels like standing, it may not be TOO bad of an injury. That's the beauty of the chicken sling. You can keep her in the upright position without weight on her foot allowing it to heal.

You can sprinkle turmeric over her food for nature's best anti-inflammatory. Don't worry about dosage, you can't give her too much. If you offer boiled eggs mixed with a little turmeric, she should gobble that up. Just know that if you take away the inflammation, and her ankle starts to feel better, she may walk around on it and aggravate it further... Keep her in the sling for a few days to let her repair.

Keep us updated!

MrsB