My Hen's Feet Have Gotten Worse. Any ideas?

Jiodi

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I posted about this before and it wasnt quite as big of a deal. Now she is having some trouble walking and her feet are getting..gnarled? It doesn't quite look like what ive seen from pics of scaly leg mites or bumblefoot. Hopefully some of you more knowledgable chicken folks can help me diagnose here!

She's eating well now and seems in good spirits but her poor feet, we dont know what's going on :(
 

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Her toes look to be "curled" in the first pic or is it the way she's holding her feet?
Has her toes always been this way or recently?
Is it both feet or only one?
How old?
What are you feeding?
Does she free range or cooped?

Check out this link ... It's almost looking to be "gout"
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry
Her toes were curled cause she was being held, tho one foot has a broken toe. It's both feet.


Her age is unknown but estimated at about a year
 
Her toes look to be "curled" in the first pic or is it the way she's holding her feet?
Has her toes always been this way or recently?
Is it both feet or only one?
How old?
What are you feeding?
Does she free range or cooped?

Check out this link ... It's almost looking to be "gout"
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry
She eats layer feed/starter feed and snacks of cheese, egg, oats, basil, watermelon, grapes, other stuff along those lines that are in the 'allowed to eat' lists. And in moderation ofc.


She is cooped. We have a backyard coop but has spent most of her time inside with us due to her feet being a mess and having gone through whatever trauma she went through to get to us.
 
OH NO! I was keeping baking soda in their poo tray in their inside the house coop! I read through the gout section and it said "too much baking soda". Could I have exasperated some symptoms by doing that?
 
I would trim that over-long toenail. That much length isn't doing her any good, and she might bump or snag it on something.

(But I don't think that will help with whatever her main problem is. I don't have any ideas about that.)
 
That toe nail definitely needs to be trimmed ... That toe looks like an injury that's healed.
PDZ is the best for the poop tray, it's in the horse section ... https://sweetpdz.com
Possible the baking soda but she's the only one. She walks ok, so aside from trimming her nails, replacing the baking soda it maybe a wait & see if that helps or any signs of improvement.
 

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