Hi all, We had our girls for nearly 4 weeks now and loving every minute, except......
Our Gold Star has been limping now for just over 2 weeks, we thought she had pulled a muscle but when it didn't get better after a week we took her to the vet who couldn't really find anything wrong but said she seemed slightly swollen at the very top of her leg. He was happy for us to use Pain Relief gel on it.
A week later and no improvement although she is very happy and energetically hopping/limping around the garden and eating well. The vet said because she is so young (none of our 5 laying yet) if she has injured herself it may be permanent but I'm still really anxious and want to know she is ok, she doesn't show any sign of pain when we examine her.
Can anyone put my mind at rest or had a similar experience, do chickens injure themselves often as I would have thought they were pretty agile?
Would this prevent her from laying if she is stressed by it?
Thanks in advance
