Hunchbacked(?) Hen

[bcowen]

I have a chicken rescued this year (after the easter rush) who has sort of a hunch back. She's always been pretty docile so didn't think much of it when she was a chick but now as she's maturing she has sort of a hunch on one side of her body (shoulder?). She seems able to use her wings but hold her head to one side a little (opposite the hunch). When I pick her up she doesn't seem to express any discomfort when it's touched. Just more concern rather than symptoms promoting the query...

Ideas?

I'll try to grab a photo of her tomorrow and post..

 

[sourland]

Crooked keel, hunched back, wry tail all can be congenital deformities which a chicken can live a full life with. They don't know that there is anything wrong with them so she will be fine.