leg problems

Hi, I have a 5 1/2 year-old blue, Swedish female duck That is having some trouble walking, she’s waddling pretty bad and looking at her leg. She has a big bump at her knee area. any idea what’s wrong with her leg? Thank you.

I've got a duckling who is almost fully feathered who has trouble walking and a pale beak. Video below. She also doesn't stretch her neck out. She hasn't gotten as large as her partner I got with her and her feathers took a lot longer to come in on her stomach. I got her on Valentine's Day. It's...

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...

Hi all! Bobbie our BCM hen contracted Mereks as a pullet. She has always had trouble eating, seeing, walking and grooming as a result. We were told that she and the chicks we got her with were vaccinated but all of them contracted Mereks and all but she and one other passed. She’s about 5 years...

I am a first time duck owner (we have chickens), and when we purchased 2 ducklings at TSC, they threw in a free little guy, saying he had splayed legs and just looking for a good home. He’s around 2-3 weeks old. Since we got home, I’ve been trying to research if there’s anything I can do to help...

Hi all! I’ve got an EE that has been going through bouts of leg issues. It all began beginning of April.. she began having a serious imbalance and favoring her right leg. She had grip in her toes sometimes, but not always. She was still eating and drinking and trying to free range with the...

I have a three week old chick who had curled toes when we got her and we tried to fix it, but her legs ended up getting splayed and we tried tying them together with pipe cleaners but it’s causing more problems. We don’t what to do now. She’s definitely smaller than our others of her same age...

I looked into it more and realized that most likely what my baby Easter has is a slipped tendon. I noticed a little while ago and the man that was watching him for me brushed it off saying that he was fine. I was in a rush so I didn’t look into it at all. I’m so terribly regretting that now...

When we took my chick out of the incubator one of her legs seemed to sit oddly. When she walked she would bend the bad leg leaning on the knee, and it would jut out a bit. We put a hobble on tying her legs together to help bring the leg back in. It seemed to improve a bit the 1st day but not...

Here a picture from last week of my handsome boy, Glasspoole: My almost-6th month old Australorp/Mystery-mix-breed cockerel (pictured above) seemed sore on one leg yesterday so we moved him into the small section on the coop so he could recover from what I assumed was a pulled muscle since I...

recently I have gotten into incubating and hatching chicks, specifically quail chicks. I experienced splayed leg in multiple chicks because or many different reasons. I tried many methods such as the bandaid method with no success. I eventually found THE QUICKEST AND EASIEST WAY TO FIX SPLAYED...

One of my goslings seems to have a leg or foot problem and has been standing with its left leg a lot (as in the video). I don't know when it started, but I hadn't noticed it until yesterday (May 30th PDT) afternoon. We looked at its right foot from the toes to the hock but didn't find the...

One of my goslings seems to have a leg or foot problem and has been standing with its left leg a lot (as in the video). I don't know when it started, but I hadn't noticed it until yesterday (May 30th PDT) afternoon. We looked at its right foot from the toes to the hock but didn't find the...

My chick has curled toes and one of its legs will not extend very far. Also, its hocks are swollen. Is there anything I can do to help this sweet chick? I’m so worried and my heart is breaking for it! I appreciate any advice!

I'm desperate for any type of help. I have searched and searched but cant seem to figure out what exactly is going on. 2 days ago I went to my local farm store and purchased 6 chicks that were about 3 days old already. I purchased a variety of hens. There is one chick that has some type of...

hi there, I figured I’d join the site since the last few days I’ve been on the forums searching for hours. We hatched just one egg, the others never hatched sadly. And the one chick I thought would gain mobility after a day or so but it never did. Now that it is 3 days old I’m realizing...

From baby poults (have written chicks initially) to broilers. Raising them on pasture, organically, naturally. Tips and advice.

this little one is nearly 3 days old now and hasn't been able to walk, just sort of hobbles along/slides itself forward. at first we thought it was a bad case of splayed leg and made a brace for it but now are afraid it might be something worse since it does not like to use its right leg at all...

Yes, I've had the 'don't get the smallest weakest chick at the store' lecture, but this time I couldn't help myself. The tiny Leghorn was getting bullied. I suppose I'm paying for it now. The chick can't walk, even though she tries. After an examination of her leg, I noticed that her hock was...

Hey there! New to the community, I've browsed the forums all night yesterday and decided to sign up. I need help please! Bought 4 chicks at 2 weeks old, now they are getting to 3 weeks. They are production reds - Rhode Island x New Hampshire. Did not even ask if they were vaccinated. Since I'm...