I'm sorry Janke
I don't know what to do if the hip is dislocated on an older bird. Since she's been like this for a while, it might be hard to correct. Is getting an xray possible?
I'm glad you were able to see the vet. How terrible for both her legs to be dislocated. Unfortunately we are away for the weekend. I asked my vet is we should come back if shes not better, and he said yes. Soo I think that its okay to try and let it heal on its own for a few days. Wednesday or Thursday we are going to the vet again. Lets hope for the best
You would need to ask the vet about the location and timeline, since he examined her, he has a much better idea of what's going on there.
but I thought that I would give you an update on our chicken anyways
. Maybe the other guy made a mistake, because he only felt her and did not take any xrays
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Hi everyone
I know this forum is dying and probably not all that exciting,
Today we took her to the vet for the second time. They took xrays, and no dislocations
She told me that the chick is a bit thin, but not dangerously thin. Her recommendations were mealworms
She told me there were three things that causes lame legs in chickens:
1. Spraddle leg (the chick is on a slippery surface when it hatches and has no grip, thus little to none leg muscles form)
2. Riboflavin deficiency, who we know all too well on this forum
3. Marek's. I honestly feel like Marek's disease is thrown on this site to people way to much. I think that this disease is probably mostly seen at big chicken farms, but of course they can occur at backyard chickens.
I told the vet that I am 99% sure that my chick does not have mareks disease, otherwise it would have been passed to our other chickens, our neighbours chickens (where my chickens originally come from) and my rooster (we gave mister rooster away, but he's doing good
She then took the xray, no dislocations or breaks, our chickens bones look good, and then gave me some anti inflammatory medicine. She says that what riboflavin deficiency does, is cause the nerves, near where the leg starts, to swell up, thus making them lame. Our chicken is on this for 10 days.
She also showed me how to wrap my chickens feet. She did it for me and said that i can keep the booties on for three days, then I must do it on my own. Ill send pics of the chickens booties tomorrow, they are done quite well
The chick also had a few shots Vitamin B2, Vitamin D and a few more.
I am supposed to wrap the chickens feet for three weeks and keep up with the riboflavin treatment. After three weeks the chicken should be able to walk, at least a little on its own.
The doctor told me that I should keep my heart ready, just in case our chicken has to be put down. I almost started crying, but kept my cool.
I must say, that I am not only in love with this chicken, but she is also in love with me. Everytime I come outside she calls me and, if she can, comes walking to me. So all I have to ask you guys, is please pray for this little chick. She deserves every good thing in this world. I love her, and dont want to lose her
Hi Janke.
I'm glad you were able to get xrays to check the legs for breaks/dislocations, it's good news that there are none.
I hope very much that the vitamin therapy helps and you start to see improvement.
I look forward to the photos of the wrapped feet.
