Help please, pullet not acting herself and limping

[marlene]

Thank you for the replies.
First thing in the morning she was limping, by early lunch time she was dragging her foot behind her and hopping on her good foot so i've put her in a crate with food and water (vitamins in her water) and she has layed there all day. I've been checking on her every hour and she seems comfertable.
We don't have predetors here so i am assuming she has hurt herself by jumping off some thing. Deffinatelly not worms as all the girls got wormed a month ago and their poops are ok.
Will keep her in the crate and see how she goes.

 

[dawg53]

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I can assure you that worms do not cause a chicken to limp. I've read those posts before and they are misinformation regarding worms causing chickens to limp.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/vm015
I also recommend that you read up on the different type of worms lifecycle for the different types of worms that chickens get and how they affect what part of the chickens system: Large roundworm, cecal worm, capillary worm, tapeworm, gapeworm.