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Limping Chicken

Theora7777

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May 16, 2022
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Hey there yall. We have a 5 month Rhode island red, who started limping 3 weeks ago. We sperated her, she isn't egg bound, no mites and no sores or swelling on her legs. We give her mash which she sometimes eats, drinks water, poops water, had a floppy comb. We are new chicken owners and are just out of ideas as to what thos can be.
We gave her an Epsom salt soak and blew her dry the other night, she liked that, sat Still, never fussed. We checked her over again, no sores, pus, blood, swelling...nothing....
Just at a loss































































We have a 5 md island thoded
 
How is she limping—is she holding up her leg to her body, or putting some pressure on it? Are her toes curling under? Is she able to get to food and water? Was she vaccinated for Mareks disease? Do you have a rooster who could have hurt her back? If a video is possible, those may be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo with a link posted here.
 
How is she limping—is she holding up her leg to her body, or putting some pressure on it? Are her toes curling under? Is she able to get to food and water? Was she vaccinated for Mareks disease? Do you have a rooster who could have hurt her back? If a video is possible, those may be uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo with a link posted here.
We have had her isolated for 2 weeks, eating and getting plenty of water, still limping. We have given her Epsom salt baths, ACV in water, put her in our enclosed garden during the day. This has been going on for a month, she will not put her left leg down and put pressure on it. She won't grasp with that claw, but when we examine her there is no swelling she doesn't squirm or cry out. None of pur other chickens are having any issues at all so we are pretty sure it isn't worms or parasites. We are going ro put her back in the coop in a dog kennel so we can try and acclimate her back to the flock but not so birds have access to her. We just don't know what else to do for her.
 

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