leg injury

I'm having an issue with my favorite little Silkie chick (why does it always have to be the faves!). I've had him for a week, drove 2hrs to get them from a reputable breeder that I've used before and all of her birds look amazing! He walked just fine when with his mama but when I put him into...

Hello Everyone, I'm just after some advice for my new chickens. I've hatched only two batches of chicks, one about 8 weeks ago and another as of today. My first hatch gave me 8/12 chicks, two of which had a wonky leg. One chick unfortunately had to be put down as one of his legs pretty much...

The chick appears to have dislocated its right leg. Perhaps it started out as a splayed leg and something happened from there. I only took in the bird Wednesday from the owner (who bought the quail chick from my friend, the breeder) in order to prevent it from being euthanized. [see attached...

Hi there, I have a 6 month old chicken that is limping /not using one of her legs and it is swollen. She has been this way for about a week now. I examined the area and it looked like there might have been a minor lesion in the skin so I have been soaking in epsom salt bath and wrapping. Does...

Last weekend was another hatch for us. On the second day, we had some assisted hatched. 3 were sticky and had thick umbilical cord issues. Usually along with that comes leg splay etc. The 3 did have splayed legs. 2 were minor but the last was bad. We did our trusty chick handcuff method and 2...

One of our turkey poults slipped a tendon about a week ago. Being that we thought it was an ailment other than a slipped tendon, we unfortunately treated for the wrong problem and only now discovered it's actually a slipped tendon. I've read multiple articles and threads, but despite trying all...

Hello- My adorable and otherwise extremely healthy 3 wk old chick (1 of 3) suddenly is limping, falling over as she tries to move as usual. She obviously hurt her leg somehow and is off balance even in the large cardboard box with hay and food/water I keep them in most of the time with their...

Hey everyone, one of my Lakenvelders has a hurt leg/foot. I had to separate my Roos and am now getting rid of them. She was a target, they wouldn't even let her eat. She is now started eating a bit and is growing, but walks with a limp. She still sits under the cedar tree a lot and peeps. Hoping...

Hello Everyone, My young Welsh Harlequin duck (she is just about 4 months now) has a leg injury! Every evening around 7 or so, I go out into the garden to put the ducks in their pen and usually they all run eagerly in because they know that it is time for food. Yesterday, my little Welsh...

Hi there I recently purchased 5 polish chickens I had them all in the same brooder . I have lost 2 one just died of unknown reasons he other of a broken neck again unknown how it happened . Suddenly overnight I have another with a broken leg please help as to what I can do to help this little...

My young cockerel (Olive Egger) has been dog attacked. Looks fine overall. Minor cuts and bruises, some broken shafts. But he won't move his left leg too much. Felt his hips, joints and feet. Don't feel any breaks, leg is kind of loose. He is favouring his left, and lying down more on his left...

I just got a 1 or 2 day old golden red pheasant chick that is very uniquely crippled. It does not have splay leg, which I've treated (even severe cases) before. The chick walks (barely) on its hock joints with its shanks and feet upward. Imagine a person walking on their knees with their feet...

I've just spent the last half hour reading other threads, articles, etc about goose leg injuries and I don't quite know what to do still. Our six week old buff gosling got herself stuck and twisted a leg around. My girlfriend found her and got her loose. She's not wanting to walk now, although...

I am really new to chickens. We just got six chicks about a week ago! Five of them are doing great-- cheeping and eating and pooping and running around like nobody's business. I started noticing a few days ago that one of them (Janice) is not doing so hot however. She seemed way weaker and less...

These are my first round of chicks and I am not sure if this gals leg is splayed (so it needs to be held closer to the other leg with a rubberband, band aid, or pipe cleaner) or broken (so it needs to be splinted) or there is something else (deformity?) going on. I put a band aid on it for a few...

Three year old mix hen, suddenly not able to walk due to one bad leg yesterday. It's completely without muscle tone-- foot just hangs there- leg flops from the first joint. (The 'Backwards knee'). Side to side hangs, if that makes sense-- it's not hanging down to the floor if I pick her up...

Hi everyone, First, a little bit of background: I have a little mallard duckling that is the youngest out of 9 ducklings we currently have. The rest of the ducklings are mixed Pekins and we hatched them ourselves. The mallard was several days late for hatching and got stuck in the egg so...

Hi! We have a pet turkey, Sybil, and decided to get her a friend. A friend of mine was picking up some turkeys from a farm and we said we would have one as a friend for Sybil. However, instead of letting us know they'd got the turkeys they put one over the fence to our allotment and in doing...