Young Hen with Broken Leg (sorry it's a chicken)

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msmolly

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Okay, heads up- I'm talking about a chicken, not a peafowl- but thought I would ask here since most of you have chickens as well as peafowl.... so, has anyone had success with a broken leg healing? One of this years chicks- (10 weeks old now) showed up with a leg injury today. She was limping visibly and we found several cuts and some swelling on one leg. Soaked it in some Darek's solution, and when I examined it closely realized it was broken, midway down the Fibula/tibia(the long part). The leg seemed pretty straight, so hoping its a clean break. We put bacitracin on the wounds, wrapped, splinted and taped as best we could and have been giving her an aspirin/water solution. I've got her in the house in a small cat carrier to restrict movement. So far she seems comfortable, She's eating really well, but is panting a bit. I'm giving her the aspirin/water solution in a bowl as her only water (per instructions in a book) and feeding it to her through a syringe when she's panting. Can she over dose on the solution? Am I doing this right? Any other suggestions? Has anyone had a success story with this sort of thing? Advice and suggestions welcome. P.S., I just hand fed her some blue berries, and I swear, she mumbled something about breaking her other leg!



 
I read a post the other day where a young chicken with a broken leg healed in just a few weeks. I've had the same experience with some of my birds over the years. It looks like you did a good job of splinting the leg.
 
I had a 2 years old peacock broke his leg last March, the vet used Gypsum on his leg just like they do humans, after 2 months we moved the Gypsum, and then he starts slowly back to normal walking, he was limping almost 6 weeks after removing the gypsum, but now he almost walks normally.
 
nchls school said:
I read a post the other day where a young chicken with a broken leg healed in just a few weeks. I've had the same experience with some of my birds over the years. It looks like you did a good job of splinting the leg.
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Thanks, that was my next question- how long do you think I should leave the splint on? already had to tighten it-as the swelling went down so much
(from the aspirin solution I think) that it wasn't giving much support at all.
 
q8peafowl said:
I had a 2 years old peacock broke his leg last March, the vet used Gypsum on his leg just like they do humans, after 2 months we moved the Gypsum, and then he starts slowly back to normal walking, he was limping almost 6 weeks after removing the gypsum, but now he almost walks normally.
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Thanks Q8, I'm thinking gypsum would be what we call plaster for casts here. That is very good news that your peacock's leg healed. I had to tighten the splint this morning, because it was moving around her leg so easily - the swelling went down over night. So, I think a real gypsum(plaster) cast will be needed now.
 
msmolly said:
Thanks Q8, I'm thinking gypsum would be what we call plaster for casts here. That is very good news that your peacock's leg healed. I had to tighten the splint this morning, because it was moving around her leg so easily - the swelling went down over night. So, I think a real gypsum(plaster) cast will be needed now.
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Yes, you may also use a small wood sticks one from each side of the leg before you put the plaster, that's how my vet done it.
 
casportpony said:
Do you have any Meloxicam of Metacam for humans or dogs?

-Kathy
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Sorry Kathy- what is Meloxicam? But- Don't have it anyway....tell me about it- FYI -"Peg" is doing well, hobbling around on splinted leg. Foot seems warm and puffy by afternoon if I've had her out in "hospital pen" or bopping around the kitchen. But once I give her a little a little aspirin solution and put her back in the cat carrier, she responds well, swelling and heat go down and she seems quite content. I've really backed off the aspirin solution only giving if needed. Doesn't seem like she'll need the splint much longer. My worry is the other chickens picking on her when she's back out with them.
 

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