OriginalTodd
Hatching
- Feb 28, 2021
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My Welsummer, Edith, has been limping for a couple of weeks. Three weeks ago we realized she was infested with mites, so one dosing of Ivermectin later, the mites were gone. We assumed her limp was mite related and would cure itself with plenty of protein.
Well here we are three weeks later and she keeps limping. As you can see in the images, she splays her left leg out in front of her (she does thing most of the time) and it feels like the tendons aren't there, especially when compared to her other, good, leg. When picked up, the leg either splays forward or just hangs there. I haven't seen her physically move the leg backwards or in a resting position in a while.
It feels like, with my amateur chicken vet skills, that she did something to either dislocate it at her torso or the tendons are hurt? I'm not sure though and would appreciate any help in diagnosis this issue and potentially fixing it. While she gets around alright, has been laying down more the last few days, left leg splayed out forward most of the time, but seems in good spirits. It seems awful for her not to have her legs working correctly, so if there's anything I can do i'd love to know.
Well here we are three weeks later and she keeps limping. As you can see in the images, she splays her left leg out in front of her (she does thing most of the time) and it feels like the tendons aren't there, especially when compared to her other, good, leg. When picked up, the leg either splays forward or just hangs there. I haven't seen her physically move the leg backwards or in a resting position in a while.
It feels like, with my amateur chicken vet skills, that she did something to either dislocate it at her torso or the tendons are hurt? I'm not sure though and would appreciate any help in diagnosis this issue and potentially fixing it. While she gets around alright, has been laying down more the last few days, left leg splayed out forward most of the time, but seems in good spirits. It seems awful for her not to have her legs working correctly, so if there's anything I can do i'd love to know.