Serama Hen is limping on one leg

[MomoBarkBark]

Serama hen, 1 yr old, 1lb

Hello, my hen has been having a limp problem since around April 16. She is behaving normally& still roosting and eating. But when she is walking she favors her right leg. As I noticed her situation I started giving her:

• vit e oil in her food
• vitamin & electrolytes from Rooster Booster
• healthy poultry natural spray
• epsom salt soaks
• I have used this ointment called Tri-Care. I have since discontiuned using it because I have learned that chickens have a sensitivity to the pain reliever benzocaine in the cream.
• I cover her legs in vaseline instead of that tri-care cream.

Some of her scales on her legs came off and left a smooth spot. I have learned that these scales do come back over time but it does take some time. I am babying her and just trying to get to the bottom of her condition. So far she seems to be standing on it more now than in the beginning. She is not egg bound and has no otherwise bodily wounds that I can see. I have picked through her feathers for any other wounds and haven't found anything. Her poos are normal also. Normal vent

She lives with her rooster and he doesn't bully her at all. He is fine.

They live in a protected building at night with straw bedding and a roost and go in a chicken tractor during the daytime on soft grass.

 

[Ms Clucky]

Bumble foot?

 

[MomoBarkBark]

Bumble foot?

I don't think it is bumblefoot because the way her foot looks doesn't match with bumble photos that I have seen. I was thinking scaley leg mites? But I'm not confident on that guess either. Are there any other conditions besides those two that could affect scales on the feet and a limp? I touched her foot a lot and she only squawks because I'm holding her too long. She doesnt seem bothered by me manipulating her foot a bit.

 

[Ms Clucky]

Maybe she stepped on something like a thorn or has a splinter