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post #1 of 5
5/3/12 at 10:37am
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HEy any ideas as to wether to put it down or ? I have one chick that dose not have a bone in tis legs anyone have any ideas on care?

Mike

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post #2 of 5
5/3/12 at 12:18pm

Gonna need a little more intelligible information on this one, please - did your chicken get attacked, break its leg, etc? Is it a baby chick born with a deformity? A young chicken? Old chicken?

 

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~Meg~
The remaining 6 of my original 7 barred rocks are 3yrs old and happily divided between a friend and my mom.
Laying: 2 Partridge Rocks, 1 Columbian Wyandotte and 2 Black Australorps. 14 weeks: 3 bantam Araucana.
Cowed to chicken math and sharing my bedroom with 8 BBS Ameraucana mixes.

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post #3 of 5
5/3/12 at 1:30pm
If you take it to a vet, or chop the boneless leg off, once it heals, they should be fine. Ive heard of many chickens living perfect lives with one leg. They say they actually move faster. However, if it is a deformity affecting other parts of the body, there may be a problem. This is from what I've heard, so you may want to research or take to a vet.
Owner of 6 rabbits, 5 hens, an Anole, and a Frog My hens:Dipsy the Polish, Doodle the Orpington, Raven the Silkie, and Tulip and Opal, the Easter Egger bantam buddies~ Can't wait for my new birds this summer! 1 Porcelain D'uccle, 1 Golden Sebright, 1 Modern Game bantam, and 1 Bantam Turken.
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” - Buddha
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Owner of 6 rabbits, 5 hens, an Anole, and a Frog My hens:Dipsy the Polish, Doodle the Orpington, Raven the Silkie, and Tulip and Opal, the Easter Egger bantam buddies~ Can't wait for my new birds this summer! 1 Porcelain D'uccle, 1 Golden Sebright, 1 Modern Game bantam, and 1 Bantam Turken.
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” - Buddha
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5/4/12 at 6:46am
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This chicken is 6 weeks old, she was not attacked by anything she was born with no bone in the leg. She now uses her wing to get around would it be better to just leave her alone as she is?  

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post #5 of 5
5/4/12 at 11:39am
You could, or you could just get the boneless leg removed. It would probably be easier for her to have it removed, but she would do fine with it too. Whatever you want to do.
Owner of 6 rabbits, 5 hens, an Anole, and a Frog My hens:Dipsy the Polish, Doodle the Orpington, Raven the Silkie, and Tulip and Opal, the Easter Egger bantam buddies~ Can't wait for my new birds this summer! 1 Porcelain D'uccle, 1 Golden Sebright, 1 Modern Game bantam, and 1 Bantam Turken.
“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path.” - Buddha
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