Not sure what is going on with chicken foot pads

[Savchickgirl]

My chicken is walking weird and I noticed her foot pads are larger than my other chickens. This chicken is 7 weeks old. She walks a bit then stops to lay down. When I touch her pads they do not feel hot and she doesn’t pull away. Any advice of why her pads are swollen?

 

[ChickenClaw03]

It might be an early stage of bumblefoot on your hen’s feet.

Try giving her an epsom salt bath in some warm water for a week daily to see if she improves.

I’m currently treating one of my hens for bumblefoot using this method + vetericyn spray.

 

[Razzlefrazzle]

My chicken is walking weird and I noticed her foot pads are larger than my other chickens. This chicken is 7 weeks old. She walks a bit then stops to lay down. When I touch her pads they do not feel hot and she doesn’t pull away. Any advice of why her pads are swollen? View attachment 3463977

The foot pad looks like it might be a case of contact dermatitis, usually from standing on wet dirty ground too much. Here's a link about dealing with that: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...contact-dermatitis-foot-pad-dermatitis.78413/

I'm more concerned that she is lying down a lot. I had a chicken develop a terrible case of bumblefoot and I didn't notice because she kept on walking fine until her feet were a horrible swollen, infected mess. Which is to say I'd bet there is more going on than foot pad dermatitis if she is reluctant to walk. Her hock joints look swollen to me in the pictures above--is that accurate? How does the whole leg look and feel compared to the others?