Good news for owners of chickens with compound fractures of the leg! I was on a ride-along with my horse vet yesterday. We stopped by a house to do horse work.. and met the owners of a rooster who had broken his leg a couple of weeks ago.
They had gently cleaned the skin of the leg, and wrapped a piece of gauze around it. Applied a few rounds of Vetwrap. He hobbled for a while. Then a week later walked completely sound.
Yesterday, the man caught him and asked me to cut off the wrap. There only remained a bruise, and fresh skin area. Now, I wouldn't have cut off the wrap just yet, but he refused to listen. The vet said to be very careful, that the wrap really shouldn't have come off.
Good news!
They had gently cleaned the skin of the leg, and wrapped a piece of gauze around it. Applied a few rounds of Vetwrap. He hobbled for a while. Then a week later walked completely sound.
Yesterday, the man caught him and asked me to cut off the wrap. There only remained a bruise, and fresh skin area. Now, I wouldn't have cut off the wrap just yet, but he refused to listen. The vet said to be very careful, that the wrap really shouldn't have come off.
Good news!
