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To everyone who was following this post, Sweetie passed away 7/25/15. She survived almost exactly 1 yr & 1 mth after she was found with a broken leg. There were no injuries, no wounds, so I'm thinking it could have been a bone infection? Maybe healing her leg took a lot out of the rest of her...

Amazing what an old t-shirt did! The healthy hen I used to figure out where to cut the leg holes & strips for tying wasn't impressed. It took the help of a second person while tying her up. But I had the crate for a broody breaker, so it worked as an ASAP sling area.

Thanks! She's doing awesome, even runs, though with a gimp! :-)

She gripped my finger with her toes this morning! Almost 2 months later. Her hitch isn't as bad, & she even started laying eggs late last week. Hopefully, when the chicks are old enough to go to their new home, she'll be healed enough that I can put her & the broody hen back with the others. I...

She still has a hitch when she walks, but at least she's walking! She also still doesn't have any feeling in her foot. I pinch the bottom of it once a week to see if there's any change. I can only hope for her to continue to do better. Here are some pictures & a video of her a week ago. She's...

Not a full. She doesn't have feeling in that foot, & isn't moving her toes. But her bone callus is larger than the size of a quarter, not quite the size of a .50c piece. I don't know if she'll ever get feeling in it, or if it'll be like a prosthetic leg .......

She walked on her own today! Not very far, just a couple feet, but still progress!

It was broken all the way thru. I almost passed out when I set it & wrapped it. :-/ Right now she's laying down a lot, but today she did make a 90* turn in her crate, so I moved her to a horse stall so she'll have more room incase she needs it. Today I started doing a little physical therapy...

I sure hope it's had time to heal! I've read a bunch of things, ranging from a broken leg with the bone being out of the skin healing in 10 days, to it taking 4 weeks. So far, this site has been very helpful. http://naturalchickenkeeping.blogspot.com/2014/02/BrokenLeg.html?m=1 I don't want to...

She did break it for sure. I took her out of the sling & took the splint off yesterday. She has a very good bone callus. She was able to stand on it, but now she needs a little bit of physical therapy to get walking on it again. I don't want to push her too soon, but I know the sooner she can...

Hopefully she's healing well! 2 days ago I saw slight movement in 1 toe, yesterday there was slight movement in 2 toes, & this morning there was slight movement in 3 toes. She's still not trying to grip, & she doesn't move the toes a lot .... but I have hope!

I picked up some popsicle sticks from the store & made a splint the best that I could. I don't really know if I did it correctly or not. I don't know what I'm doing, plus the part of wanting to pass out doesn't really help, but it feels straight & it's now kept still so hopefully it will heal...

I swear, if it's not one thing it's another. Being a week after one of the horses got close & personal with a porcupine - Last night I got a phone call from the woman who owns the property where I keep the chickens & my horse. It was her night to do barn chores. She told me that one of the...