Immobile chicken?

[want2know]

The curled up toes make me think vitamin deficiency but I am not at expert. Let me tag some people who are @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive

they have Poultry Boost and electrolytes

 

[Anon112]

Is her breastbone at all pronounced---any chance she's not getting enough food?

You might try 1/2 tablet of Super B and some Vitamin E. My rooster was having issues standing/roosting and it was a vitamin deficiency due to not getting enough food.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

3 year old Buff Orpington

A couple days ago at bedtime, she didn't want to climb the ramp to the upper part of the coop. So I put her in and she roosted on the branch closest to the floor.
Last night she stayed in the other coop I have in one of the nests under the rooster where 3 of the other chickens were. At first I thought maybe she was getting broody since she was staying on or near the nests. But now I don't know.
She is eating ok if I take her out and offer her food.

It wouldn't hurt to give her some vitamin therapy to see if that helps.

At 3yrs of age, she may have something reproductive going on, this can cause them to splay out sometimes. If she's not laid an egg and should have I'd also give her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 now, then once daily for a week.

Any feeling of bloat or fluid in the abdomen? I agree, the back tips of her comb have a purple/blue tint. This may indicate poor circulation or a heart issue. No way to really know unless you lose her and have a necropsy or do one yourself looking at the internals to see if you find anything.

 

[pnw_urban_chix]

I've had some similar problems, I can link the thread I started about my chicken. She's a Light Brahma about four years old, and her feet have been picked on by another chicken for quite a while. I don't know of that caused the problem, but a few months ago she started just refusing to walk and plopping down on the ground. If I try to stand her up and gently try to make her walk she will fall on her face, I treated her for scaly leg mites, gave her some vitamins, and isolated her from the other chickens now that she's basically immobile, but still not sure what it is and I feel like it might be getting a little bit worse. I was also wondering, for any of you out there who are experienced with this or know some about this, do you think I need to cut her food? Because she sometimes sits in front of her feeder all day and will just keep eating. Also, I shouldn't really be posting this here, I just feel like it is a little bit related, but if you want to reply to my questions you can do so on the thread linked below. Anyway, hope your girl gets better!https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/brahma-barely-walking-help-needed.1672447/

 

[want2know]

It wouldn't hurt to give her some vitamin therapy to see if that helps.

At 3yrs of age, she may have something reproductive going on, this can cause them to splay out sometimes. If she's not laid an egg and should have I'd also give her 300mg Calcium Citrate+D3 now, then once daily for a week.

Any feeling of bloat or fluid in the abdomen? I agree, the back tips of her comb have a purple/blue tint. This may indicate poor circulation or a heart issue. No way to really know unless you lose her and have a necropsy or do one yourself looking at the internals to see if you find anything.

I add Poultry Booster to their regular feed each time I refill their feeders

Is her breastbone at all pronounced---any chance she's not getting enough food?

You might try 1/2 tablet of Super B and some Vitamin E. My rooster was having issues standing/roosting and it was a vitamin deficiency due to not getting enough food.

I always add Poultry Booster to their feed

 

[want2know]

Is her breastbone at all pronounced---any chance she's not getting enough food?

You might try 1/2 tablet of Super B and some Vitamin E. My rooster was having issues standing/roosting and it was a vitamin deficiency due to not getting enough food.