Vitamin Deficiency or worse? Backwards tail feathers. Crossed legs with limp.

Cut out all the extras, those are supposed to be kept to a bars minimum of 1 tbs per bird, once or twice a week.
Is happy hen a layer?
*Hungry Hens Brand. Misremembered.
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Her legs look kind of thick, especially the left leg and does it have some scabbing? Could she be a meat bird? Leg bone deformities such as varus or valgus deformity can be common in one leg or both, in chickens. That might explain stepping on the opposite foot.
I didn't find much on them when I first got them... But big thick legs seems to be a standard trait from online posts.
 
1 cup = 16 TBS
16*3=48 TBS per week for 47 birds

I try to limit the "seedy" treats and the adult birds are typically the ones that eat the fruit. The "babies" are scared of everything but the grass and clover snacks.
 
You're not a bad chicken mom. It's not your fault she's the way she is, you didn't make her this way. If you had, all your chickens would be the same.
Thank you. I always enjoy her company cause she would "hang" out with me so I feel really bad I never realized I don't see her move much. I just thought she was chill, compared to her baby flock mates.
 

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