12 week old spraddle legs & panting issue

[connectdave]

Hello everyone! I have made the following for my Tooki to improve her legs. I saw a video that @Saaniya suggested and some pics and created this.

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Tooki is able to stand on one leg in this. Her right leg which is badly damaged is hanging midair. It is folded and bent from the joint and bends inwards. I am hoping that it will improve in time.
She is able to poop freely without the cloth blocking her vent and I even saw her trying to preen her leg! She is fidgeting a lot as she is not used to standing these days. Poor girl just drags herself to reach her food and sits to eat it.
But I hope that this helps her. Any suggestions would be helpful regarding her leg.

I don't know if it's ligament issue or bone .. can u try Paris plaster for a month wrapping even the joint n check.

If you can give her cooked mutton bone marrow mixed with her food regularly for a month ... That might help I think. Actually I don't support these procedure but if it's a ligament issue(partially) that will heal within a month.

I am not much of chicken educated but I tried on me with my ligament problem n it healed around 50% ... Rest on surgery of my ACL

 

[connectdave]

I am not a chicken expert and I don't know if these things are given to birds cause their digestive system is different ... It(the procedure) works perfectly on human ... But egggssive and Saaniya can say you if they need to consume mutton or not. Cause they both are chicken experts. Saaniya is expert in drugs of chicken especially which is available in India.

 

[Saaniya]

Thank you so much!

I understand what you are saying. For me it's like.. I have to try every option and hope for the best.
As for the leg deformity... could you tell me if in the case of such a thing a chicken's leg is deformed from day one. Or does it show overtime?

For now I am not giving her any vitamins as she is on a 5 day course of Trepin Powder.
And I have put her on a Pearl Millet diet only and since then her panting has almost completely stopped. I think she was having trouble digesting other foods and that might have also been a cause of her panting.

I will continue with the sling. Can you tell me how long I should keep her in the sling in a day?

Also, I will send pics of her leg soon. Somehow, I am unable to forward it right now but I will try again.

@Eggcessive will reply exact I know

U need sling till.shes not holding herself keep on moving and keep.on checking her legs


After Coccidiosis treatment.u restart ur vitamin & calcium

 

[Tanya22]

I am not a chicken expert and I don't know if these things are given to birds cause their digestive system is different ... It(the procedure) works perfectly on human ... But egggssive and Saaniya can say you if they need to consume mutton or not. Cause they both are chicken experts. Saaniya is expert in drugs of chicken especially which is available in India.

I have brought calcium tonic for her bones on the suggestion of @Saaniya and am also getting seashell grit too. Hopefully, they will improve her in time.

 

[Tanya22]

@Eggcessive will reply exact I know

U need sling till.shes not holding herself keep on moving and keep.on checking her legs


After Coccidiosis treatment.u restart ur vitamin & calcium

Yes, I will do that. But how long should I keep her in the sling in one day? Like 2 hours or 3 hours? Or should I keep her there permanently? But that feels a little uncomfortable for her.. should I do that?

 

[Saaniya]

Yes, I will do that. But how long should I keep her in the sling in one day? Like 2 hours or 3 hours? Or should I keep her there permanently? But that feels a little uncomfortable for her.. should I do that?

1-2 hours only @staceyj is it fine for 1-2 hours on.sling ?

 

[staceyj]

1-2 hours only @staceyj is it fine for 1-2 hours on.sling ?

Good morning.
I would think that she would be in it the majority of the time (to keep her upright) unfortunately.

Do you small have holes cut in the fabric for her legs to stick through?

 

[Eggcessive]

She should have frequent breaks from the sling to rest and stretch if possible, but I would leave her in the sling for most of the daytime. A lot depends on your time and how she tolerates it. If she loves her sling, she could sleep in it, but it just seems to me that she might enjoy sleeping lying down some. That way she could stretch out legs and flap her wings. Bone broth from mutton or other meats probably would be very good to get vitamins and calcium into her. I am not an expert on chicken nutrition, since I use a complete commercial feed. Tuna and salmon can be used for extra protein, and liver is good as well.

 

[Saaniya]

@Tanya22 yes I'm really agree with what eggcessive staceyj and connectdave suggest rest is must but if she like and stay comfortable it's best for her to sit most of the time u can.make a hole for poop.so she can poop from that

 

[Tanya22]

Good morning.
I would think that she would be in it the majority of the time (to keep her upright) unfortunately.

Do you small have holes cut in the fabric for her legs to stick through?

Good morning!
Oh yes I did make holes in it. I took the following pic sent to me by Saaniya as reference and created the sling. I have also made it so that she can poop freely @Saaniya
She did poop in it and her vent wasn't blocked by the cloth.