Injured chicken leg

[Jparsons]

I recently have a chicken that has began limping she is almost 2 years of age, how do I tell if it is broken or not, she still puts some weight on it, but is limping rather terrible.

 

[Weeg]

Have you looked at the bottom of her feet? Can you post pictures of th bottom of her feet an maybe a video of her walking?

 

[Jparsons]

Have you looked at the bottom of her feet? Can you post pictures of th bottom of her feet an maybe a video of her walking?

We have checked the bottom of her feet and they are clear of any scrapes or wounds. Trying to get a video posted now

 

[Weeg]

I may be a sprain then. Is there any heat or swelling on her ankle/leg?

 

[Jparsons]

I may be a sprain then. Is there any heat or swelling on her ankle/leg?

Having problems getting the video to upload, but not that we have seen looks normal besides not wanting to put a whole lot of weight onto it.

 

[Weeg]

I would assume its a sprain. Do you have any info on how this could have happened? is there any heat anywhere on the leg? You should separate her and put her in a chicken sling or a dog kennel so she won't be running on it. How are you trying to upload the video? To upload a video you have to pos tit on youtube or vimeo and post the link here. It's kinda difficult especially for people who don that a youtube account.

 

[Jparsons]

We have no idea how it could have happen she was fine this morning went out to check on them and she was limping. We have her in a dog kennel right now with some water and food. She seems to be putting some weight on it every so often. Oh I will have to try the YouTube method.

 

[Jparsons]

 

[Weeg]

Okay, he limp isn't too bad. Keep her movment low for the next couple days and see what happens. Most of the time a sprain will clear up on it's own with restricted movement in 2-30 days. Good luck, Avery