Limping lady with curled toes

[Mistyaeg]

Does she on,y curl her toes when you pick her up?

No she curls them on her own when she lifts her leg, not to stand on it.

 

[Mistyaeg]

Feed some Poultry Cell vitamins. Could be a vitamin B deficiency. Could also do human Vitamin B Complex instead of the Poultry Cell vitamins. Half a human pill per day until condition improves, pop it in her mouth.

I've not encountered this situation myself, but there's a lot of info on this forum, and that's the standard recommendation. If it's not an injury or bumblefoot, most likely culprits are vitamin B deficiency or Mareks. Since you don't have paralysis, Marek's isn't as likely at the moment. If she improves after the vitamin treatment, you'll know that was it.

For future prevention, if she improves with vitamins, I question whether your feed has sufficient B vitamin nutrition. Could be old feed, where the nutrition has degraded, could be the vitamin content wasn't sufficient to begin with. If you post on here how you're feeding your chickens, folks can help out with that. Also it's a great topic to search on.

ETA: I just realized I was assuming your birds don't have worms or coccidiosis. Have you checked for those conditions? Coccidiosis in particular can cause a B vitamin deficiency in your birds because the Cocci eat it all. If you have this, you would treat with Corid, then afterwards give them B vitamins (not during treatment, cause it will make treatment ineffective).

I have not treated for worms I’m honestly not sure how I would go about that I don’t have a vet. None of the avian vets are taking any more chicken clients so it makes it hard.

I did treat for coccidiosis with corid starting august 17th for 5 days because one of my chickens had classic signs. How long should you give vitamin b after treatment? Maybe that’s my problem?

 

[Mistyaeg]

Does she on,y curl her toes when you pick her up?

How long has she had that? Is that new?
I need the answers.
Because I don't see avitamin deficiency in here, I do see a small puncture wound, and some old skin that whitend, which could be dead skin that built up and interrupting her walk.
I would suggest you wait for tomorrow before giving her any vitamins, because to me, it seriously looks like a small wound and an over reactive hen.

She just started limping yesterday morning. No injury that I’m aware of. I didn’t notice any problems the day before but when I went out early in the morning before work I noticed she was limping.

 

[Mistyaeg]

Looks like a new hole to me.View attachment 3250467
But here again, if tomorrow she doesn’t walk normally, I would try and get her on vitamins, because that’s a super tiny hole.

I will try and examin her leg again tomorrow better. It is her left leg. She has been limping for 2 days now. Tomorrow will be day 3. What does dead skin mean?

 

[Mistyaeg]

How old is she? Does she lay and if so, what size are her eggs?
Does she favour one leg?

With young pullets sometimes the first egg causes issues due to putting pressure on the isciatic nerve of the left leg.

The same can happen to even mature hens when the egg is very big or taking too much time traveling through the oviduct.

She is just about 3 months old so no laying yet. She doesn’t want to walk or put pressure on the left leg.

That’s good to know about the laying and pressure

 

[Paz]

I will try and examin her leg again tomorrow better. It is her left leg. She has been limping for 2 days now. Tomorrow will be day 3. What does dead skin mean?

Dead dry skin, like moms have on their feet. Something it builds up so bad that they need to remove it at the foot doctor.
(English is my nit my first language, sorry about weird term or something like that)

 

[Paz]

No she curls them on her own when she lifts her leg, not to stand on it.

They usually curl their toes when they lift their legs, so as long as she’d able to uncurle it in her own I think it’s normal.
If she’s still limping today, go to the pharmacy and get one of these human multi vitamins, (by saying you don’t eat meat, the doc will give you a prescription if your country requires one), you can then crush it and mix in the drinking water.

 

[FunClucks]

I have not treated for worms I’m honestly not sure how I would go about that I don’t have a vet. None of the avian vets are taking any more chicken clients so it makes it hard.

I did treat for coccidiosis with corid starting august 17th for 5 days because one of my chickens had classic signs. How long should you give vitamin b after treatment? Maybe that’s my problem?

Depending on how you keep them, worming chickens every 6 months is a good idea. There are a number of products you can use, a variety of application methods, and no egg withdrawal period (you can still eat the eggs while they're being treated) up to a month withdrawal period (you need to discard eggs while they're being treated). Look up on this site for more information - there's a lot of different things to consider. Best is if you can determine the type of worms first, but if not, there are some broad spectrum products you can try.

 

[My Very First 6 Chickens]

Depending on how you keep them, worming chickens every 6 months is a good idea. There are a number of products you can use, a variety of application methods, and no egg withdrawal period (you can still eat the eggs while they're being treated) up to a month withdrawal period (you need to discard eggs while they're being treated). Look up on this site for more information - there's a lot of different things to consider. Best is if you can determine the type of worms first, but if not, there are some broad spectrum products you can try.

I did my first worm treatment and it was easy enough. The corrid in the water for 5 days. Got it at tractor supply. Easy enough. Measurements are straight forward. I think i did 1 teaspoon to 1 gallon of water. I'll continue to worm them at least once a year. Good luck!

 

[LaFleche]

I did my first worm treatment and it was easy enough. The corrid in the water for 5 days. Got it at tractor supply. Easy enough. Measurements are straight forward. I think i did 1 teaspoon to 1 gallon of water. I'll continue to worm them at least once a year. Good luck!

Corid is not used for deworming but treating coccidia.