Please help!

elaipie

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Sep 21, 2015
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Hi everyone, one of my chickens started limping several weeks ago. When inspecting her I couldnt find any wounds or bumblefoot and thought she may have sprained her ankle. I kept her in a crate so she would rest her foot for several days but it didn;t get better. I let her out again and since the limping didn't get worse just let it go. She seemed fine and healthy otherwise.
Just in the last few days it suddenly got a lot worse. Her tail pointing down, she is still running around but has a really hard time.
I inspected her foot again and couldnt find anything obvious but squuezed her foot pat a bit and noticed a small hard lump in her foot. it doesn't look anything like bumble and is not infected. More like a piece of cartilage or so..but it moves when I press against it.
I have a hard time believing that this causes her limping.
She did have bumbles in both feet last year..
Does anybody have any idea what might be going on with her?

Thank you very much!!
 
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I hope you were able to get some answers on the emergencies forum.
 

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