Baby chick attacked by hawk and cant walk! Help!!

[jsforth777]

We have a two month old baby chick that was attacked by a hawk. Her left leg is stuck behind her and her toes can't straighten. Her knee cannot bend. Any ideas? We've been giving her aspirin in powder form. I forgot exactly the liquid and powder we got from Tractor Supply. She is a pulled from a Black Australorp hen and a Rhode Island Red roo.

 

[nuthatched]

It might be out of socket or warped the tendon

 

[jsforth777]

It might be out of socket or warped the tendon

Should it be put down or some more nursing?

 

[nuthatched]

Should it be put down or some more nursing?

It depends what it is. if it's the tendon, there's usually isn't a lot of promise fir healing but a leg can be popped back into socket.
Feel up the leg, can you feel the femur at the top or not? It might be too late to pop it back in.

 

[jsforth777]

It depends what it is. if it's the tendon, there's usually isn't a lot of promise fir healing but a leg can be popped back into socket.
Feel up the leg, can you feel the femur at the top or not? It might be too late to pop it back in.

She's moving her leg a lot, but unable to bend the knee. I feel her thigh/hip is fine so it's the tendon.

 

[BastyPutt]

Should it be put down or some more nursing?

This would be entirely up to you.

There have been plenty of chickens who live good lives with disabilities, but require special care and accommodations.

 

[Teresa D]

We have a two month old baby chick that was attacked by a hawk. Her left leg is stuck behind her and her toes can't straighten. Her knee cannot bend. Any ideas? We've been giving her aspirin in powder form. I forgot exactly the liquid and powder we got from Tractor Supply. She is a pulled from a Black Australorp hen and a Rhode Island Red roo.

That looks bad

 

[Teresa D]

The same thing happened to me yesterday. My one chick made it, one died wounds to severe the third one we never found.
So the one that made it , injured her leg. I isolated her in a box with food and water in my studio with a space heater. She improved from morning till afternoon. I’m not putting her with the other four chicks till she is really going good. I think time to recover is very important I’m hoping her leg is just sprained. She has a limp. Any advise or knowledge would be greatly appreciated.