Older chicken limping .

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At least 10 y/o chicken. New limp. Soft pouch on bottom of foot. No cuts seen. Wondering if chickens get gout? Eating well.
Thanks
 
At least 10 y/o chicken. New limp. Soft pouch on bottom of foot. No cuts seen. Wondering if chickens get gout? Eating well.
Thanks
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Can you post pic of foot? Is it possible she has bumblefoot?
It’s a soft delayed spingey area in missdle of foot.
I gave her some arnica(homeopathy)and it seemed to help a bit!
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At least 10 y/o chicken. New limp. Soft pouch on bottom of foot. No cuts seen. Wondering if chickens get gout? Eating well.
Thanks
It’s soft and spongy and a bit deflated
It’s a soft delayed spingey area in missdle of foot.
I gave her some arnica(homeopathy)and it seemed to help a bit!
Pho pro attached.

It does look like her foot pad may be a bit puffy.
If the arnica helped, then that may be something to consider giving in small amounts. I don't know much about homeopathy.

If you feel like inflammation is an issue- you can try soaking the feet in a warm epsom salts bath daily to see if that helps too.

At a ripe old age 10yrs it could be a number of things, from just a bit of an injury to arthritis...chickens can have Gout as well, but to me it doesn't look like that's what's going on - here's what Gout looks like https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/gout-swollen-feet-toe-deforming.1458820/
 

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