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  1. gladahmae

    9mo old pullet unable to use 1 leg below the hock.

    For my pullet, a splint wouldn't have done anything as it was her entire hip socket that was broken. I had little luck finding threads about this type of injury and while it seems that it's more common than we would like, I haven't found any good treatment ideas.
  2. gladahmae

    9mo old pullet unable to use 1 leg below the hock.

    Their coop is about 2.5 feet off the ground, and if she decided to bypass the ramp to get out, she may have just landed awkwardly. I'm sure gimping around on it for a week didn't help things.
  3. gladahmae

    9mo old pullet unable to use 1 leg below the hock.

    End result: culled. We restricted her to a small pet crate for a few days, and while she APPEARED to have improved, any "improvements" disappeared within 24 hours of normal usage. She could still get around on the one leg, but spend a LOT of time laying in the dust-bath 'hole.' I took a look...
  4. gladahmae

    9mo old pullet unable to use 1 leg below the hock.

    Bumping this up for new eyes. Hoping someone has an idea for me!
  5. gladahmae

    9mo old pullet unable to use 1 leg below the hock.

    Sometime yesterday afternoon, my 9mo old BLRW pullet injured (or something) her leg. She was fine in the morning, and not fine at 4pm. She has no feeling/motor skill from her hock down in one leg. Her toes are 'loose' as in she cannot flex or curl them, as is the lower leg section. She hops...
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