HELP!!! Hen foot curled and struggling to walk!!

[Lornasb]

My chicken is walking with her foot curled up, she is struggling walking and doesn’t get very far before sitting down, there doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with her (like an infection as there is no swelling or raised skin). I have included a picture if it helps, any advice would be very helpful and appreciated. Thanks in advance for any help

 

[One Lucky Momma]

So, I’m very new here, too, and totally unfamiliar with your birds’s problem. However, there are gazillions of more experienced keepers here who can help you.
you might consider retitling your post with more specific information like ”hen’s foot is curled and walking with difficulty “ or something to that effect so the right people see it quickly.

You photograph is excellent and should be very helpful.
good luck!

 

[Eggcessive]

Has she done this long? A curled under toe can be a sign of a leg injury, a vitamin B2 riboflavin deficiency, and is sometimes seen in Mareks disease. Try giving some riboflavin which is in human vitamin b complex or in a few chicken vitamins, as well as in beef liver in small amounts.

 

[Lornasb]

So, I’m very new here, too, and totally unfamiliar with your birds’s problem. However, there are gazillions of more experienced keepers here who can help you.
you might consider retitling your post with more specific information like ”hen’s foot is curled and walking with difficulty “ or something to that effect so the right people see it quickly.

You photograph is excellent and should be very helpful.
good luck!

 

[Lornasb]

Ok thank you

 

[Lornasb]

Has she done this long? A curled under toe can be a sign of a leg injury, a vitamin B2 riboflavin deficiency, and is sometimes seen in Mareks disease. Try giving some riboflavin which is in human vitamin b complex or in a few chicken vitamins, as well as in beef liver in small amounts.

 

[Lornasb]

She has only been doing it since this morning/ last night. I will try the vitamin B2 and hopefully it will help. Thank you very much for your help

 

[Eggcessive]

Hopefully, she jumped and landed wrong. Look for any swelling, redness, or green bruising on her leg. If it is a riboflavin deficiency, it should respond to riiboflavin B2 within a week or so. Do you know if she was vaccinated for Mareks disease? Can she walk around to get food and water? If she is having trouble she might do well being in a dog crate or basket with water near her.

 

[Lornasb]

Hopefully, she jumped and landed wrong. Look for any swelling, redness, or green bruising on her leg. If it is a riboflavin deficiency, it should respond to riiboflavin B2 within a week or so. Do you know if she was vaccinated for Mareks disease? Can she walk around to get food and water? If she is having trouble she might do well being in a dog crate or basket with water near her.

 

[Lornasb]

No she hasn’t been vaccinated as she only hatched this year So she isn’t a yr old yet. We do put food and water next to her but when she gets fed up she moves away from it to follow her sister so we keep moving it around after her we tried briefly separating her where she could still see her but she just tried to get back to her so I don’t think she would like to be taken away from her