Legs dislocated?

[GingerluvsJasmine]

My 5 month old suddenly looks as if both legs are dislocated at the hip area. Right at the point where the feathers begin growing. Every step looks like the joint moves to the side. What can I do to help?

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://www.poultryhub.org/anatomy-and-physiology/skeletal-system/
skeletal system


This quote is from a necropsy instruction:
"If growing birds are lame, and there is no evidence of infection or rickets, cut into the proximal tibia and look for necrosis caused by osteomyelitis or dyschondroplasia and split the spine at T4 to look for spondylolisthesis (kinky-back), a plug of cartilage impinging on the cord or consider Marek's disease."
from
http://www.canadianpoultry.ca/chapter_v.htm

http://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/publications.htm?SEQ_NO_115=156964
Is this a meat bird showing signs of a problem?

You might also consider mareks or some other condition which would cause "lameness:"
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ps044
diagnosis charts at bottom

Sorry I don't know the cause of the problem...just trying to help.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://www.poultry.msstate.edu/extension/pdf/diseases_poultry_diagnosis_symptoms.pdf
this is a good one too

 

[GingerluvsJasmine]

Thank you for taking the time to reply!