4 legged chick Clover

[Callender Girl]

I have never taken any of my chickens to Iowa State's veterinary teaching hospital, but for years, they did phenomenal work with several of my rescue dogs. I loved the staff there!!
They also provided some help with my miniature goats, so I am sure your baby will be in the best of hands. Bless you for taking care of her.

BTW, someone mentioned that ISUVTH might not charge you for the operation. I am quite sure -- as I think you suggested -- that there will be a fee involved. Once, however, after months of chemo treatment for my sweet heart dog, Holly, her cancer doc managed to get a very expensive treatment donated for her after the original customer's dog died.

Best wishes for you and yours!!

 

[CHlCKEN]

Right here!

I’m shocked that someone could think that was okay.

 

[Cecisflock]

I thought from your one of your initial descriptions that you were able to feel that the bone stopped outside the body. If that’s the case, they can probably band. Why not just ask the vet? Can’t hurt just to ask. It‘s something that would be done by the vet... I’m not saying you should do it yourself.

And there would be NO blood! None at all. That’s the point. The elastic band acts as a tourniquet and cuts off the circulation. By the time the banded part falls off, the skin has healed and there’s no worry about bleeding or infection. There’s generally not even a noticeable scar... not easily noticeable anyway.

I know it sounds gruesome— but it really, really is not.

Like I said, why not ask the vet? Maybe he just didn’t think about doing it that way... Like you said, he’d never seen a chick with extra legs before. It’s not like there’s a course in vet school called “Creative amputation options for various conditions...”

Good luck with everything! The chick is lucky to have ended up in your box.

Yeah i was wrong there is a bone connected to the whole body

 

[SegiDream]

Could you have someone else hold the chick (upside down) so all 4 legs and the vent are clear?? I believe you, but clearer pics would help to get ‘precice advice’.

She did get precise advice, from an avian vet.

'Never attribute to malice that which could easily be explained by stupidity.'
(Robert J. Hanlon)

I like the quote too, but whether it is stupidity or ignorance doesn't absolve them of responsibility. People should look into things before going full steam ahead with hair brained ideas like that.

 

[Cecisflock]

She did get precise advice, from an avian vet.

I like the quote too, but whether it is stupidity or ignorance doesn't absolve them of responsibility. People should look into things before going full steam ahead with hair brained ideas like that.

thank you for standing up for me!

 

[SegiDream]

thank you for standing up for me!

lol well I guess I come across blunt sometimes, I was just pointing out that you're in good hands. And I'll always call out unethical breeding, it's one thing to have this occur naturally and another thing to intentionally breed for a condition that could cause it to suffer to live. I can't even understand why unless someone wanted a chicken they could show off.

 

[pamiejune]

Same reason you open your mouth to speak!

Chickens file down their beaks like you file your fingernails. Typically on hard sharp objects like rocks and logs. They also tend to clean off their beaks the same way, by rubbing them on the ground. Often times they do both at once.

Yup! It's called "feaking".

 

[pamiejune]

maybe she was a conjoined twin

Nope, vet says "polymelia".

 

[Cecisflock]

Nope, vet says "polymelia".

Thank you it’s getting exhausting replying to everyone

 

[pamiejune]

Banding will not work because there is bone involved. The bone needs to be cut. I used to breed dogs and banding is not done on dewclaws either. At least not with a litter of pups. The tiny extra claws are clipped off when they are days old. Little or no bleeding involved either as, at that point, they are only soft tissue and the bones have not developed yet. Someone may have tried that with an older dog but it is not the correct way. Dewclaws should be removed by a vet.

OP mentioned that the extra legs are not attached to the chick's skeleton. There are bones in the extra legs but the legs are only attached by skin.