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Thank you for the suggestion. My research has said that calcium depletion can cause leg problems as that’s where calcium is pulled from once they exhaust what they get from their diet. I’m just concerned because it seems like she’s very uncomfortable, and I want to help her quickly.
She’s just at 6 mo and has been laying eggs since mid Feb. I’ve checked her feet everyday since I noticed the limping and I don’t see anything obvious. No broken or discolored skin. No swelling that I can tell. She is a little lethargic. As I’ve already said, I’m new to chicken raising, which is...
I pretty new at backyard chckening, and I have a hen that’s been limping for the past couple days, and laid a shelless egg yesterday. I’ve got her inside with her own food with plenty of oyster shells. I talked to folks at the local farm supply store, and they suggested I add calcium gluconate...