Does anyone recognize this leg joint issue in my deceased quail?

[Lobzi]

My little girl finally died but she survived since I got her as a nearly mature female with this leg/joint issue. She had a hard time getting around but managed and lived with me for about a year with this joint swelling issue.

 

[Eggcessive]

I don't think that you can know the diagnosis for certain without a necropsy by your state vet, but it looks like it could possibly be a staphylococcal or other bacterial infection of the joints. Fowl cholera can also cause swollen joints. Antibiotics may have helped. Sorry for your loss.

 

[Lobzi]

Eggcessive, do you think she could have lived for that long if it was a staph infection or fowl cholera? Her joints were swollen, though not that large, and she struggled to walk from the very git go of getting her. I rescued her from a poultry slaughter house.

 

[Eggcessive]

I'm not a vet, but I think she could have. Do you have any other birds with swollen joints or scabs on the bottoms of their feet or toes, also called bumblefoot?