Hi. Today I noticed that one of my 15-week old cockerels was limping. I checked his feet but they aren't swollen, have cuts, etc. He still uses the "injuried" foot, but makes only half step with it, plus he prefers to just lay down and watch his siblings. He gets up to eat and drink (or to run away if I get to close to him), the poop looks fine. I tried to put thee foot in cold water for a bit, he was cooperative and then he was limping a less and not so in pain. The cockerels and pullets aren't vaccinated and free range with the whole flock since they were 6-weeks old. The older rooster and the Australorp hen accepted all the chicks very well, but the Brahma hen still chases the younger ones sometimes and they are afraid of her. Maybe he jumped off the roost/coop ramp badly because of the older hen? Or it can be Marek's?
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