Post by mzgarden on May 19, 2015 0:25:59 GMT
I'm baffled because now this is the 3rd bird in about 4 months.
They seem fine and then one day they are holding one foot off the ground and gingerly putting it down but more hopping around.
We had to put one down because she was hopping one day and then hopping and flopping on the ground. I don't want animals to suffer, so when she could no longer hold her own in the flock, we culled her before she became a target. She was a Buff Orpington we've had about 2 years now.
Today we have a 23 week old Aracauna and a 35 week old RIR limping and hopping around. Unless my eyes deceived me, at one point, it looked like when the Aracauna put the one foot on the ground it was actually turned 90 degrees inward. These birds have been fine until recently.
I'm trying to figure out what might be causing these leg issues and if they're connected. We have two coops and all three are from the same coop. They are in a flock of 40 total, 25 of which are in the barn stall (other 15 in a separate coop). They get commercial layer feed and free range in the pastures during the day, ACV in their water. No signs of illness - feathers are ok, eyes are bright, they eat and lay eggs.
We have two roos - the roo for the barn stall flock is a good sized australorp and the roo for the coop flock is just a little smaller aracauna.
Is it possible the roo is too big for them and is somehow breaking or dislocating a leg when he mounts them?
Ideas?
They seem fine and then one day they are holding one foot off the ground and gingerly putting it down but more hopping around.
We had to put one down because she was hopping one day and then hopping and flopping on the ground. I don't want animals to suffer, so when she could no longer hold her own in the flock, we culled her before she became a target. She was a Buff Orpington we've had about 2 years now.
Today we have a 23 week old Aracauna and a 35 week old RIR limping and hopping around. Unless my eyes deceived me, at one point, it looked like when the Aracauna put the one foot on the ground it was actually turned 90 degrees inward. These birds have been fine until recently.
I'm trying to figure out what might be causing these leg issues and if they're connected. We have two coops and all three are from the same coop. They are in a flock of 40 total, 25 of which are in the barn stall (other 15 in a separate coop). They get commercial layer feed and free range in the pastures during the day, ACV in their water. No signs of illness - feathers are ok, eyes are bright, they eat and lay eggs.
We have two roos - the roo for the barn stall flock is a good sized australorp and the roo for the coop flock is just a little smaller aracauna.
Is it possible the roo is too big for them and is somehow breaking or dislocating a leg when he mounts them?
Ideas?
