Hen limping?!

[Cleetus777]

Hello,

Last night I notice my girl was sleeping on the floor rather than on the roost. Today I noticed she was limping. I’ve checked for bumlefoot and any other diseases and can’t really see if anything would be affecting her other than a sprain from jumping/falling off the roost. Any ideas?

 

[Alaskan]

I agree that in the photos she looks good.

If she isn't in noticeable pain... I would make sure no flock mates are picking on her, and that she has feed and water super close so she doesn't have to move much...

Hope it is a random sprain and will heal over a few days.

 

[Cleetus777]

I agree that in the photos she looks good.

If she isn't in noticeable pain... I would make sure no flock mates are picking on her, and that she has feed and water super close so she doesn't have to move much...

Hope it is a random sprain and will heal over a few days.

Well, it's goo to know there aren't many possibilities of a disease like bumblefoot. She has an appetite (Threw a strawberry and she chased it) so no parasites, poop is normal, hopefully she just sprained it cause she's a big hen and most likely fell off her roost and that's why she was sleeping on the ground last night and is limping today. I've been advised to give her half of a low dose aspirin, would you agree?

 

[Cleetus777]

I agree that in the photos she looks good.

If she isn't in noticeable pain... I would make sure no flock mates are picking on her, and that she has feed and water super close so she doesn't have to move much...

Hope it is a random sprain and will heal over a few days.

Also about the flockmates picking on her, she's one of the top hens in the flock so I doubt that

 

[Alaskan]

I've been advised to give her half of a low dose aspirin, would you agree?

I wouldn't...

I think the pain is good, since it will force her to slow down and baby it... let it heal.

If she has no pain she might make it worse, and certainly won't baby it so it can heal.