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Thanks for the update, and it is good that you visited the vet for help. We always learn new things from situations like this. MS may cause little or no respiratory symptoms, unlike MG, which is primarily a respiratory disease. You sure are doing a good good trying to learn and help him. Let us...

Oh no problem. I hope that you can help her lead a comfortable life. Whatever she has, most of the ones we have discussed do not have a good outlook.

Swollen hocks does sound more like MS than gout. I think that TwoCrows has had experience with that, but other than using antibiotics such as Tylan, I am not sure how curable it is. Do any of your other chickens show any swelling in ankles or hocks? Both MS and gout may be diagnosed after desth...

Are her hocks joints or upper leg joints swollen and yellowish? Glad to hear that she is feeling better today.

It sounds more like puss under the skin which would seem more in line with mycoplasma synovitis or a staph infection. Glad that you were able to get the material out. It might help to get some antibiotics from a vet, who could also culture the puss like material to help diagnose it.

Yes, I saw the pics, and they do look like ones I have seen of gout, but MS can look similar. I would use the normal 16% protein feed myself, and eliminate any meat and fish. Gout from excessive protein is when way more than 20% is used, and gout is pretty rare anyway. The gout that causes the...

Mine love kale, better than other greens or lettuce, but it has to be torn into dime size pieces, since they cannot pick it off the growing plant. Breast blisters are common in chickens with mycoplasma synovitis, or other problems with lying on the ground to roost. They can abscess if not...

Can you get any more pics, and one with the feet together? Her feet look swollen which can be from several things, such as a joint infection from bumblefoot, mycoplasma synovitis (MS,) or another type of bacteria. Gout can cause swollen feet as well. The bumps could be from bumblefoot, but they...