My chicken has been walking weird for a month and her hips recently started to make a popping sound. what is wrong with her?

[Aunt Angus]

ok will do. sorry.

Not your fault! You didn't know, and it sounds like you're not the one who buys the feed, either. But you recognized a problem and researched a fix. That's awesome!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

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California usa.
a month and a half old.
no.
scratch, sometimes bread as a treat, fresh grass, she hunts pillbugs and cockroaches quite a bit, and i take her and her sister out in the backyard for a hour so they can forage for food.
no.
none. my mom refuses to take her to a vet.

when they where chicks they where feed chick feed and then when they grew up we gave them scratch.

Thank you for the video I requested
I agree, I'd cut out the scratch, bread, treats and feed her a chick starter or an all flock feed that is 18-20% protein. Do let her forage for bugs and it's o.k. for her to be nipping at some fresh grass, etc., just get her on a nutritionally balanced feed.

I would definitely get her on vitamins too. For her and her sister, I would give them 1/2 tablet B-Complex tablet daily for several weeks. You can find B-Complex in the vitamin aisle of stores like WalMart, CVS, etc. Just but the tablet in 1/2 and pop the piece into their beaks, let them swallow.

Hopefully she will improve with the feed change.
Keep us posted on how she gets along. She looks like a sweet pullet.

 

[Eggcessive]

There may be a leg bone deformity (valgus deformity) which can be from heredity or due to a nutritional (vitamin and mineral deficiency.) It has a knock kneed appearance, while varus deformity has a bowlegged appearance. It can happen in one leg or both. So glad the others recommended a balanced chicken feed and vitamin/minerals.

 

[Bbghast]

There may be a leg bone deformity (valgus deformity) which can be from heredity or due to a nutritional (vitamin and mineral deficiency.) It has a knock kneed appearance, while varus deformity has a bowlegged appearance. It can happen in one leg or both. So glad the others recommended a balanced chicken feed and vitamin/minerals.

Hey so how do I six it other than vitamins And a balanced diet? will putting a shackle on her legs help? Or do I have to do something else?