leg problem

Hi I have a 3 year old hen who I heard fall off a roosting bar last night. I went out and sat her on a roost by a fellow flock mate, it was too dark for her to probably get herself back. I checked on her via camera this morning she was fine but then I saw her back on the floor of the coop...

Muffin has been having leg problems for a few months now. I am not sure if she was hatched with that problem. She is roughly four months old, and is an EE. One of her legs seems to be slightly swollen in the hock and leg. The other leg is normal. Also, it seems that one of her legs is in the...

Posted on the emergency thread too but thought it might get some attention here: My Turkey is almost 2 weeks old. Two days ago I noticed that she seemed to be limping slightly. She seemed otherwise fine, so I assumed it was because her feet are giant and she keeps tripping over her own toes...

I have a neighbor with a small backyard flock. One of their chickens has an injured foot and mostly lays down. I went over to look at it and got some pictures. I want to help this chicken because these people are not properly taking care of her. They are starving her and providing no water or...

Hi all, I had a chick hatch out earlier today. It got moved to the brooder before really being able to check them out as I was at work for a while yet. It turns out that it doesn’t seem able to straighten its leg .. I can’t even straighten its one leg. It’s locked up at the elbow it seems...

What should I do about this? I separated her, but she wants to go back with the others. She’s able to move around and everything, her leg just concerns me. This randomly appeared a week or so ago, and I’m just worried about it. She can right it, but then she slowly rotates back until her leg is...

My husband bought me 2 pekin ducklings from Rural King as a Valentines Day gift and I named them Valentina and Waffles. Valentina is growing exactly as she should but Waffles I'm seeing something I've never experienced. First, her beak is pale. Valentina's is orange but Waffles is pale and kind...

I have a chick that hatched on or around March 1st. I just opened the brooder to check on them and her leg is twisted almost backwards. She doesn’t want to walk on it as much either, but she can use her toes. She is sitting on her hocks quite a bit though. I don’t know what to do about this...

Hello everyone A while ago I posted about my quail who started limping in september, a few weeks after her toenail broke off. I think it’s getting worse and the leg that she uses for getting around started swelling up. She probably also had scaly mites so the vet gave her a drop of Ivermectin. I...

So my ducklings have started to hatch in an incubation that was rife with issues, shipped eggs coming to a 10,000 ft elevation, multiple half day power outages, multiple wrong end pips. Out of the initial 17 viable eggs I started with, I was whittled down to 11 by lockdown. 5 have hatched so...

Hello everyone, this is my first time raising chicks and we got them a couple of days ago. They asked me if I wanted one with a deformity that might not make it and I said yes. She eats and drinks water perfectly fine, she doesn’t walk around too much though and doesn’t really play with the...

Hello everyone I have a smooth paint silkie hen who hurt her foot/leg. Born in August. Not sure how she hurt herself. She was limping so I took her and put her in a separate cage. Her toes are curled, and she keeps sticking her leg out when trying to walk. No signs of a broken bone or swelling...

I feel like i’m doing something wrong. I had to put down my duck earlier this year because her hock joint blew up. Antibiotics and pain medication for weeks and it just got worse and came down to her quality of life she was living. Fast forward to my other pekins duck, same exact problem. Weeks...

Hi everyone! My lavender Orpington Spring hurt her leg on the right side. Not quite sure how she did it but she's limping and she is holding it up up to her body. Not sure what treatments to give her it's not broken to my knowledge but very warm. She is getting around and making noise But last...

My chick is 8 days old. It is smaller than the rest and can be very loud. He had feathers but not much. He has struggles with walking as the umbilical cord got wrapped around his leg bu I managed to pry it off so hopefully he will improve. Do you reckon that there is another issue because he...

Yesterday, I took little road trip to pick up the little cross sweetie attached. I was originally told that she had, and had been getting treated for spraddle leg. I got a few grainy pictures (which I now get, having had to try and get a picture of her) and thought it looked more like slipped...

Recently I created a thread about Sunny (https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-mobility-problems-lethargic-need-help.1446727/) but I think creating another will garner more attention as she needs further help and I'm not sure what I can do for her at this point. She is a seventh month...

Chick a friend received (saved?) from a breeder today is not using its legs. Going to administer a vitamin B supplement, and scrambled eggs. This doesn't look like spraddle leg; looks to be pigeon toed and not trying to use its legs. Any help would be appreciated! It is a little awkward, as I...

Hi all! I have a chicken that was born covered in yolk and laying awkwardly to the side. Luckily I took her and cleaned her off and she grew into a nice feathered teen. A couple weeks ago I noticed that she has one leg splayed out to the side and I’ve tried some home remedies but none of them...

Does anyone know what's going on here. And if he can survive it? Could there be treatment?After recently losing a hen, I am super paranoid. He is still eating, drinking, running, and crowing. So this is the only thing that changed. He is 3 years old. No one else has this and it is only on the...