Pullet with lame leg

[HAPPYCHICKENLADY17]

. Exactly the same as other foot/leg she kicked it a bit when I picked her up just seems super lazy etc. I did separate her from the flock cause they started to pick on her quite a bit.

i just went through that with my barred rock hen, she came flying out of the nesting box, to see me when i opened the gate and she hit the perch and fell down...i went to pick her up but she couldnt stand on the leg.... it just wobbled from side to side brought her to the vet.. they wanted $1500.00 to do surgery...i opted for an office visit and $66.00 for an antibiotic, i isolated her, in a large dog cage for about 4 weeks, so she could rest and not be bothered by other chickens, and i was afraid she would try to get on the roost...low and behold, after the few weeks were up i let her mingle with the girls, she hobbled around, then the limp got less and less and its now 4 months later and i cant tell she ever hurt her leg...

 

[Chelsa'sChicks]

Chickens are very hardy... I had a pullet run out in front of my Belgian Draft who got stepped on. Her tiny foot was immediately hot, swollen and non weight bearing. She stood like a flamingo for a few days and I would go down every night (thinking she was for sure going to die.. something had to be broken) and put her on her roost. Every day she got herself down and soon was getting herself back up there. Her flamingo stand turned into a terribly slow swaying hobble, then to a faster peg leg run, and by a months time she was fine and had no issues walking or running.

 

[slordaz]

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@oldhenlikesdogs

any help here

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I would leave it be personally. Did you check it over good? How old is it? A sprain or strain should slowly improve. Limping and laying down is the bodies way to get a bird to rest it's leg.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Noticed one of me speckled Sussex hobbling around, its been 5 days since it doesn’t seem to be getting worse or all that much better. She does seem more active, but it’s almost like it’s completely lame. I’ve checked for Bumblefoot an haven’t seen any signs of that or Mareks. I’m almost wondering if she had a hard landing or got in a tussle.

She lays down a lot but is also moving around seemingly fine. No swelling etc or wing drop. I’m kinda leaning towards broken or dislocated, wasn’t sure if I should splint it or let nature take it’s coarse.

Hasn’t seemed to make it better or worse, she is just laying around not really eating that I can tell. Drank a lot yesterday not so much today.

How old is your pullet?
Is her crop empty in the morning before she eats/drinks?
Photos of her poop?
Can you take a video of her walking and upload it to youtube? Provide us a link to that.

The lethargy/laying down a lot, drinking a lot, but not too much today is concerning.
It may be leg injury, hard to know without a vet consult, but the other symptoms need to be investigated a bit more.

 

[HAPPYCHICKENLADY17]

Chickens are very hardy... I had a pullet run out in front of my Belgian Draft who got stepped on. Her tiny foot was immediately hot, swollen and non weight bearing. She stood like a flamingo for a few days and I would go down every night (thinking she was for sure going to die.. something had to be broken) and put her on her roost. Every day she got herself down and soon was getting herself back up there. Her flamingo stand turned into a terribly slow swaying hobble, then to a faster peg leg run, and by a months time she was fine and had no issues walking or running.

we also had no swelling or discoloring to the leg, it stayed warm and looked very normal.....but we did have that flamingo stance for quite a while

 

[Mvywheels]

I would leave it be personally. Did you check it over good? How old is it? A sprain or strain should slowly improve. Limping and laying down is the bodies way to get a bird to rest it's leg.

How old is your pullet?
Is her crop empty in the morning before she eats/drinks?
Photos of her poop?
Can you take a video of her walking and upload it to youtube? Provide us a link to that.

The lethargy/laying down a lot, drinking a lot, but not too much today is concerning.
It may be leg injury, hard to know without a vet consult, but the other symptoms need to be investigated a bit more.

She’s probably just about 6 months hasn’t layed yet either. But I did a good inspection of it not hot discolored or seemingly broken. Still not eating much at all, actually she hasn’t touched the feed since I separated her. Won’t eat the mealworms I tossed in and I threw a handful of seeds/cracked corn this morning. Ate some but not much, still just laying about she has been going in an out of the coop herself. Kinda a hop an a fly up or down the ramp, she’s basically just laying near the waterer. Drinking plenty an I put electra lytes in the water to see if that helps. I don’t have it splinted, I’ll try an get her to move around and take some pictures and videos. As far as the poop I haven’t noticed but I’ll keep an eye out an get back on that also.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

How does her crop feel, is it empty?

 

[Mvywheels]

How does her crop feel, is it empty?

Definitely empty no noticed bulge or hardness

 

[Mvywheels]

Eating as of this morning so maybe it was stress etc. fingers crossed. We’ll see how she does separated for a couple weeks