My 6 month old Orpington diarrhea, white around vent and now limping.

[HeiHeiMeg]

Hi everyone! I’m new here and new to chicken keeping. Our flock is very small we have two silkies, one ermine amercauna and one buff Orpington. Everyone is laying except for our Orpington. She last week had very stinky yellow diarrhea and white around her vent so I treated her for vent gleet. A week of probiotics in her water and anti fungal cream at the vent after Epsom salt baths. Her poop returned to normal but today she is limping. I see no signs of trauma to her feet but maybe it’s bumble feet? I am very new to this so any help is so appreciated. I gave her another epsom salt bath today and she is in her coop next to the standing heaters. We use hemp bedding and the deep litter method. Also her comb is very pale and small. I am afraid I’m missing a bigger issue here. I’m attaching photos for reference, she is eating and drinking great but not getting around the best.

 

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[azygous]

Providing your general location can give us a lot of background information from climate to dangerous insects and wildlife.

Buff Orpingtons are large breeds so she probably won't reach point of lay for couple more months.

Bumble foot usually appears as a black scab on the bottom of the feet.

Limping can be due to vitamin deficiency and even from weather extremes.

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

Providing your general location can give us a lot of background information from climate to dangerous insects and wildlife.

Buff Orpingtons are large breeds so she probably won't reach point of lay for couple more months.

Bumble foot usually appears as a black scab on the bottom of the feet.

Limping can be due to vitamin deficiency and even from weather extremes.

Thank you so much for your reply. I am so worried over here. We live in northwest Ohio. It has been freezing cold. Temperatures around 10 degrees today. I have heaters in their coop and the other girls seem to be handling everything fine. Her vent looks good today but I’ll attach a photo from last week when I noticed the problem.

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

Thank you so much for your reply. I am so worried over here. We live in northwest Ohio. It has been freezing cold. Temperatures around 10 degrees today. I have heaters in their coop and the other girls seem to be handling everything fine. Her vent looks good today but I’ll attach a photo from last week when I noticed the problem.

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

These photos are graphic I’m sorry! But before and after a bath.

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These photos are from last week - before and after an epsom Salt bath and she did seem to be much better but today cannot walk well and is staying inside the coop near the heaters while her sisters come
Out for food and treats.

 

[LaFleche]

Is it her left leg causing the limping?

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

Is it her left leg causing the limping?

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

Thank you for being here. It’s actually her right leg.

 

[LaFleche]

Do your birds have a chicken ladder or similar construction where a leg might get caught in between the rungs?