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Hen not using leg
Good afternoon!
I just noticed that one of my hens isn't using her left leg. This is a recent development as an hour ago she was walking on it just fine. I picked her up to see if I could get a good look at her leg/foot but she gave me a hard time (flapping about and such). What could cause this? An injury of some sort? An illness?
Kelly
PS - I attached a video of her. It is about 3 minutes long. Feel free to fast forward to the part where we get her to stand up.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Byers on -
I would say by looking at the video, she is injured. I see no sign of illness, nor is she showing any sign of a lot of pain, which is common in animals. I would give her some time and see if she starts walking on it again but if she shows no desire to walk on it by tommorrow I would consider taking her to a vet to see if she broke it. Most of the time if they twist the leg or hurt a muscle they will attempt walking on it fairly soon and she is showing no sign of wanting to use it.
Best of luck to her.
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