I have a baby bantam ameraucana chick that had it's wing pulled through the wire by a rat (most likely) in the night which has broken the wing and looks to have completely stunted it's growth. The wing now hangs low and gets in the way of walking as the chick steps on the feathers. Since the chick is really healthy and doesn't show signs of distress, I see no point of culling it but cannot see paying for a vet to amputate the tiny little wing only to find out it to (most likely, Murphy's Law) be a rooster which would be terrible difficult to rehome.
I remember seeing people use a little green rubber ring that they put on a puppy's tail to dock it, which didn't look to distress the pups that I remember, but it was years ago since it's not really desired anymore. If I cut the circulation off the chick's wing with an elastic band so that it would fall off by itself, would the chick be in a lot of pain during the period of the band being attached since i assume it would with that main vein being there.
Only other thing I can think of rather than killing it would be to trim the feathers for the rest of it's life (which I can't right now as it is mostly the blood quill), unless it is a rooster to which I would cull it anyway. I could rehome it for free to a laying backyard home easily if it is a hen, and I am sure there are many people willing to give it a go in life so why waste it?
Any other ways to safely amputate a wing? How much would you estimate a vet to do it safely for such a small bird?
The chick is a week old so still quite tiny. I can get a photo if that helps.
Please stay away from abusive comments, I am trying my best to give the little guy a second chance in life. Total disregard to other peoples' feelings and thoughts get us nowhere. Some of us are a little less "educated" than others and ask these questions because we want genuine help. Thank you.
I remember seeing people use a little green rubber ring that they put on a puppy's tail to dock it, which didn't look to distress the pups that I remember, but it was years ago since it's not really desired anymore. If I cut the circulation off the chick's wing with an elastic band so that it would fall off by itself, would the chick be in a lot of pain during the period of the band being attached since i assume it would with that main vein being there.
Only other thing I can think of rather than killing it would be to trim the feathers for the rest of it's life (which I can't right now as it is mostly the blood quill), unless it is a rooster to which I would cull it anyway. I could rehome it for free to a laying backyard home easily if it is a hen, and I am sure there are many people willing to give it a go in life so why waste it?
Any other ways to safely amputate a wing? How much would you estimate a vet to do it safely for such a small bird?
The chick is a week old so still quite tiny. I can get a photo if that helps.
Please stay away from abusive comments, I am trying my best to give the little guy a second chance in life. Total disregard to other peoples' feelings and thoughts get us nowhere. Some of us are a little less "educated" than others and ask these questions because we want genuine help. Thank you.
Then spent the rest of my stay in Forth at a lovely organic farm sitting on 80 acres which I enjoyed quite a lot. Planning on moving down there with my partner when we get a bit of money going, since it's easier to get money up here in Darwin than it is in Tazzie....but housing is stupid up here that you can't make use of the income whatsoever...plus the poultry scene is abysmal, have to get all my birds hatched from eggs interstate to have anything interesting!!
