PLEASE Help!!!! Chicken with prolapsed cloaca and paralyzed leg :((

[Fancychooklady]

That looks more like prolapse . Can you take a pic of her foot ?

 

[kittycat23]

she is holding it up but otherwise it is down on top of the other one twisted in like that

 

[Fancychooklady]

At her advanced age this might well be osteoporosis . The bent toe on her other foot may be an indication of a deficiency earlier on. Read the link on vit deficiency , how is the colour in her comb and wattles?

 

[kittycat23]

They are completely red and healthy! Sometimes at the back end of her comb it is a little purple but then it goes away. I can take a picture.

 

[kittycat23]

 

[Fancychooklady]

The purple is probably circulation problems , I have had those in a roo. Try her on a little Greek yoghurt and keep her treats to a minimum. Look into to the vitamin sup.

 

[kittycat23]

@Fancychooklady well she doesn't have the purple anymore. It comes and goes. I've seen it on the other chickens but otherwise as you can see from the picture it looks very healthy. Was the Greek yogurt for the purple or to get vitamins back in her?
Also the only treats I feed her is corn. She loves corn and she only eating that because she didn't want to eat her regular food, but beginning last week she started eating her regular chicken scratch. What else do you think would be good to give her?

 

[Fancychooklady]

@Fancychooklady well she doesn't have the purple anymore. It comes and goes. I've seen it on the other chickens but otherwise as you can see from the picture it looks very healthy. Was the Greek yogurt for the purple or to get vitamins back in her?
Also the only treats I feed her is corn. She loves corn and she only eating that because she didn't want to eat her regular food, but beginning last week she started eating her regular chicken scratch. What else do you think would be good to give her?

The Greek plain yoghurt is to help balance the bacteria in her gut and is recommended after antibiotics. Corn will not give her the nutrition she requires. Some scrambled egg with yoghurt and some cooked rice with sardines in olive oil make for good treats and a nice mash or pellet like Purina flock raiser.

 

[kittycat23]

@Fancychooklady oh wow that sounds wonderful! Thanks so much!! I never thought of any of that

 

[Fancychooklady]

Remember not too many treats. She is a senior citizen now and with age , comes the problems of age. Keep her warm and happy.