My 6 month old Orpington diarrhea, white around vent and now limping.

[LaFleche]

Just this afternoon I discovered one of my Amrock pullets limping.
After thoroughly inspecting her I concluded that she must have caught her zip tie on the metal game fence when jostling for the best apple pieces an hour earlier.
Her zip tie is gone from her right leg and her strain might take quite a while to heal.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Can we see the top of her foot?
Hard to tell, is there bruising (greenish tint to skin)?

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

Can we see the top of her foot?
Hard to tell, is there bruising (greenish tint to skin)?
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Thank you so much! Yes I will take another photo. The farm we got them from is suspecting gout and now today I cannot get her to drink very much. She had a little bit this morning but only wants to eat.

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

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[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much! Yes I will take another photo. The farm we got them from is suspecting gout and now today I cannot get her to drink very much. She had a little bit this morning but only wants to eat.

That's interesting the farm you got her from suspects Gout. Do they have an issue with Gout? What's their recommendation on treatment?

How about Marek's? Do they have problems with Marek's in their flock?

I'd give her the B-Complex daily (1/4tablet). See that she's eating her normal chick starter.
If she's not drinking much, bring in a chick water station, place it up on a block of wood or brick to give it some height, see if that helps.

Hard to tell if this is injury or something else going on. The way she holds it, to me I'd lean toward injury for now.

https://poultrydvm.com/condition/gout

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

That's interesting the farm you got her from suspects Gout. Do they have an issue with Gout? What's their recommendation on treatment?

How about Marek's? Do they have problems with Marek's in their flock?

I'd give her the B-Complex daily (1/4tablet). See that she's eating her normal chick starter.
If she's not drinking much, bring in a chick water station, place it up on a block of wood or brick to give it some height, see if that helps.

Hard to tell if this is injury or something else going on. The way she holds it, to me I'd lean toward injury for now.

https://poultrydvm.com/condition/gout

Thank you so much for your help. She is in a cage in our garage next to a heater so she doesn’t have to move too much to eat and drink. She’s eating great and drinking great. I wouldn’t even know what to look for for mareks. Would her poop be weird? Her butt is back to being fluffy so I think we fixed the vent gleet or whatever that was!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much for your help. She is in a cage in our garage next to a heater so she doesn’t have to move too much to eat and drink. She’s eating great and drinking great. I wouldn’t even know what to look for for mareks. Would her poop be weird? Her butt is back to being fluffy so I think we fixed the vent gleet or whatever that was!

With Marek's you'd just suspect it by going by symptoms. The only way really to know if you have Marek's within your flock is if you lose a bird and have testing. Marek's can present in so many different ways, symptoms can be quite confusing.

 

[HeiHeiMeg]

With Marek's you'd just suspect it by going by symptoms. The only way really to know if you have Marek's within your flock is if you lose a bird and have testing. Marek's can present in so many different ways, symptoms can be quite confusing.

Thank you so much. I have a lot to learn. She is really not able to put weight on her right leg, she’s not moving much at all. I don’t see any lesions are open wounds I wonder if it’s something internal. She may have gotten her foot caught under the stand up heaters in their coop as she liked to lay right next to it. More and more it seems like an injury. Her poop is good and her vent is good but her comb is still small and pale though I don’t know if it’s just because she’s not laying yet.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much. I have a lot to learn. She is really not able to put weight on her right leg, she’s not moving much at all. I don’t see any lesions are open wounds I wonder if it’s something internal. She may have gotten her foot caught under the stand up heaters in their coop as she liked to lay right next to it. More and more it seems like an injury. Her poop is good and her vent is good but her comb is still small and pale though I don’t know if it’s just because she’s not laying yet.

Not being able to bear weight, I'd lean toward injury too. Sometimes an injury can take a while to improve.

No, from the looks of her comb/face, etc. she's not yet come into lay. Some Orpingtons can take their time LOL

 

[Sondraa]

I just read the article on gout supplied by Wyorp. It could be gout. It's prevalent in commercial flocks and the supplier mentioned it so...please read it carefully. It wouldn't hurt to amend her diet accordingly just in case it is gout. If the presumed injury doesn't heal as one would expect then you could go next step with gout treatment to include medicine if required.