Hello! So I have a skittish chicken that does not like to be held. For this reason it often gets excluded from the weekly heath checks that I do on all of my birds. Today she was the only one left inside so I picked her up (witch she never lets me do) and noticed that her legs looked VERY dirty. It did not suprise me because I never get to clean her. I scrubbed at her legs and feet for a long time but after they were dirt free the still looked dirty. 2 scales are missing and the skin where they should be is purple. There is one scale at the joint to her toes that is sticking outward because the skin underneath it is red and very swollen. I turned her upside down and saw a small black thing that looks like bumble foot. I will have pictures of all of these things as soon as my phone charges so I can take pictures. Thank you for all of your help!
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