My chicken has a stiff leg. Marek??

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My chicken has a stiff leg. Marek???​

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Sorry in advance, English is not my first language.
She is roughly 6 months and 1/2 days ago started being a lot by herself and immobile. I noticed this morning that she had problems walking, her left leg was stiff and turned upward(like in the photo) and she was basically dragging it. She was not vaccinated for Marek disease when we got her 5/6 months ago. It's my first batch of chickens so I'm not used to this, but when I touvhed her leg she had no reaction, like she didn't feel anything. I isolated her for tonight. Could it be Marek? Or is it possible it's just a sprained/broken leg?
 

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