Banty hen trapped 4 hours upside down, now can't walk, droopy wing??

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Wonderful

 

[tammye]

give her some vitamins in her food for added strenght. i would imagine that being upside down for a few hours may have upset her equilibium(spelling, sorry) i know it would upset mine

 

[Cass]

They symptoms you described sound like most of my stroke patients. Can chickens have strokes? Some of my patients regain control of affected parts, just like your chicken is.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How is your little hen doing tonight?

 

[pdx2phx]

Maggie's doing really well tonight!

This morning she was still hanging out by herself scratching, etc but when DH checked on her late morning she was free ranging with the group! She still seems a little out of it, but her balance and movement has continued to improve. Her wing is even drooping less although she still waddles like a duck....

I do think the 'stroke patient' is a good analogy....hopefully she keeps improving! On a side note, she didn't lay an egg today (at least that I found). She did lay that shell-less one in my lap yesterday afternoon, though. At what point should I possibly expect another one (and/or be concerned if she doesn't lay)??

I just don't want her to get egg-bound, especially considering all of the trauma that she has endured....

thanks again everybody!

I'll try and get a picture up of her late tonight or tomorrow morning....she really is a sweetie

Maggie says "

to BYC'ers who care!! "

 

[Miss Lydia]

glad to hear Maggie has improved so much, It's amazing how well they can bounce back from what looks like the impossible. As for egg laying it might take her body a few more days to recover from all the stress. Was she laying everyday before this happened? I wouldn't worry to much yet. Just keep an eye on her, sounds like she's a fighter.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

I have no idea how he did it, but last year I had a rooster in a similar predicament. Found him literally hanging from the fence by one spur about three feet off the ground. Don't know how long he'd been hanging like that, but he wasn't even struggling any more when I found him and his leg seemed quite stiff.

Decided to give him a chance before wringing his neck so I worked his leg up and down, back and forth for about five minutes until it seemed like the stiffness was gone. He never struggled while I was doing this. I put him on the roost after that to let him be and see if he was going to make it. The next day he walked a bit stiff. The following day I could not see any problems with him at all.