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Well I am sad to report that the chicken did not survive the night. I'll just share a couple of things I learned from this: 1) This hen appeared to be very resilient to pain while I did the amputation. If you are in a situation where the choice is amputate a leg, kill the bird or leave it to...

I haven't rechecked for magets, but have checked on her a couple of times and re bandaged once. How much blood does a chicken have? The bode that I had to cut off is still bleeding from the marrow. I probably should have taken it off at the joint. I would guess that she has lost between one and...

I did the amputation today. I didn't have anyone to assist me so I strapped her down to a board, she actually didn't seam to mind. Then I cleaned feathers away from the area and took a better look. The drum stick was eaten up about half way with bare bone exposed, (this made this a bit more...

I need help. I have a bard rock pullet, about 4 months old that I do not believe is laying eggs yet. I found her in the coop today with her leg mangled, the flesh has been eaten and the bone is entirely exposed. I sprayed the entire area with a wound spray that I got at the farm store and I put...