gimpy leg?

[GingerJane]

Hi! Can a chicken get a gimpy leg from sitting in the nesting box too long. like I am talking constantly in the nesting box, strays all day in there, and sleeps in there, maybe once or twice a day she goes down to get something to eat. This has been the last 2 weeks. She too is a silkie hen. I saw her limping today because I took her out.. I am kind of worried.... Is she injured.. Or just like humans tend to be when they sit in a certain position , they get sore?

 

[OreoPlymothRock]

There might be be a cure. And for the most part, there is not a cure. You can try to tie her legs evenly together for a little while to straighten them out, or sadly, kill her to end her misery. Did you see her limping before she started limping?

 

[GingerJane]

No not really, she is a weird small chicken though?

 

[GingerJane]

She is not limping anymore, I think maybe she injured it, but now it healed from rest