Leg injuries

[JonB]

What kind of leg injuries can a chicken happen upon? Our BR was fine when I let them out early this morning, but is now limping around. I don't think it's broken or anything, but she did something to it. She's acting normal in every way and foraging still, she just has a limp and won't favor full weight or motion on that leg. Any thoughts?

 

[Eggcessive]

The first thing would be to hold her and look at her foot pads to see if she has bumblefoot (swollen pad, sometimes with a black dot, and sometimes swelling on top of foot, sometimes reddened.) If she is active getting around fine and eat/drinking without problems, I leave them alone. If not, I would confine to a medium dog crate for a week, and give them vitamins in the water. After a week I would re-evaluate how well she can walk. The confinement may need to last a month or more, but each week let her out to check her. She probably has a sprain.