Just wanted to offer an update in case anyone else comes along in a similar situation. We've had the injured chicken more than a month now and we are getting into a routine. She spends the day in a nesting box with food and water and chicken wire in front of it to keep the other hens from...
Thank you! I actually already did try those. I think it did help cushion her feet for a few days while she was healing, but she was so clumsy trying to walk in them and they were tricky to get on because her toes are so mangled. I even made little popsicle-stick splints to put inside them, but...
Thank you ALL for your honest responses. I am not surprised by the advice to cull her. I just don't think that's an option for me.
Rainekitty, I really appreciate hearing your story as well. I am starting to get savvier every day, observing when and where the problems seem to be happening. I...
Hi all,
We are new to chickens, taking in two hens from a friend this summer. My son works on a farm and brought home a chicken whose feet were severely injured (caught in a pig feeder). She has been with us a couple of weeks now, and I've determined that the only semi-functional toes she has...