Snicketysnoksnaksnik
Chirping
- Nov 26, 2021
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Hello. I have a 8.6 month old hen who has a broken/paralysed leg. Seems to be happening a lot to one blood line of my chickens, could be the roosts (planning on a redesign of them).
Anyways, her leg started as a limp and didn’t seem to affect her really - she was getting around fine and had a full crop a lot. But around 2-3 weeks ago it got worse, I immediately put her in a little enclosure but she hated it and didn’t eat anything.
I put her in a larger one and she was happy in there, eating, drinking and foraging. Always got a full crop at night and managed to put herself away in a nest box.
She seemed to be recovering and gaining some more weight (she had lost some without me realising, not too much though)
Then I had to go on a trip since we had already planned and bought everything. I thought that the people who were taking care of my animals would put her back in the large cage since I had told them to
They didn’t, they put her in the small cage and now she is very skinny and her leg is terrible. She is also keeping it splayed
Her wings are fine and she can stand on her right leg, hard to tell if she can use it but she keeps it in normal positions
I’ve moved her into a small box for the day since I just got back yesterday, I fed her some lentils and papaya since she really needed to eat. I’ll try give her some feed and scrambled egg later, she isn’t too fond of feed but she might eat it
Any suggestions on how to treat her or anything?
I’ll get some pictures soon - I currently don’t have a device with a good camera, so I’m waiting to use someone else’s
Anyways, her leg started as a limp and didn’t seem to affect her really - she was getting around fine and had a full crop a lot. But around 2-3 weeks ago it got worse, I immediately put her in a little enclosure but she hated it and didn’t eat anything.
I put her in a larger one and she was happy in there, eating, drinking and foraging. Always got a full crop at night and managed to put herself away in a nest box.
She seemed to be recovering and gaining some more weight (she had lost some without me realising, not too much though)
Then I had to go on a trip since we had already planned and bought everything. I thought that the people who were taking care of my animals would put her back in the large cage since I had told them to
They didn’t, they put her in the small cage and now she is very skinny and her leg is terrible. She is also keeping it splayed
Her wings are fine and she can stand on her right leg, hard to tell if she can use it but she keeps it in normal positions
I’ve moved her into a small box for the day since I just got back yesterday, I fed her some lentils and papaya since she really needed to eat. I’ll try give her some feed and scrambled egg later, she isn’t too fond of feed but she might eat it
Any suggestions on how to treat her or anything?
I’ll get some pictures soon - I currently don’t have a device with a good camera, so I’m waiting to use someone else’s
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