I am panicked about my poor girl. This is peanut, and I have posted about her before. Her wings droop to the ground and she gets stuck on her back and can't roll over. This is what happened this morning when I checked on her. What do I do? I am a newbie to chicks. She is 9 weeks old. I have her inside with me so she doesn't get pecked by the others. I need lots of help and advice please.
Bleeding feathers
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I am totally panicked about Peanut, her wings droop and she gets stuck on her back and can't flip over. This is what I found and don't know where to start to help her. Please any advice would be great. I am a new chicken mom. She is 9 weeks old.
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Put corn starch on her wing to prevent bleeding out for right now!
I am so sorry, I have no helpful advice, but I'll ask some questions that may let others help you.
Is this new today?
Is that from a predator attack, pecking from other chickens, or did it just show up?
Is she having other issues?
You mentioned getting stuck on her back. How long has this been happening?
What do you feed her?
Is she free range or in a run?
Any other info you can think of will help!
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Is this new today?
Is that from a predator attack, pecking from other chickens, or did it just show up?
Is she having other issues?
You mentioned getting stuck on her back. How long has this been happening?
What do you feed her?
Is she free range or in a run?
Any other info you can think of will help!
@Eggcessive @azygous @casportpony @Wyorp Rock
IvysAnimals
Songster
What's her diet and are there any chances of injuries by anything?
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Thank you, I had read that so I cleaned her up and noticed an open wound in her wrist area so I put the corn starch there.
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Her diet consists of chick starter, broccoli, grapes, cantelope, cabbage, oatmeal, hen tastic treat, chick cake
Seems to be an open wound from flapping her wings trying to get back on her feet,
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Can you take her to a vet?
You have another thread you started too that has different photos, I'm going to ask that your 2 threads be combined.
How long has she been like this?
Did she get hung up in the bars of a cage, attacked? Some info may be helpful.
It would be good if you can see a vet and have it xrayed to see if it's broken.
General care would be rinse/flush the wounds really well with Chlorhexidine, then apply triple antibiotic ointment.
If you have no vet care, then you may need to stabilize the wing, there's an instruction manual posted below.
You absolutely need to check this type of wound daily and tend to it daily if you end up wrapping the wing. Wrapping creates a warm environment and wounds can get infected, molded or get maggots. Cleaning the wound daily is going to be important.
Cut out all the goodies and feed her chick starter. Get some poultry vitamins into her that contain B2 or easier yet, pop 1/4 tablet B-Complex into her beak once a day and let her swallow it.
I'm just now seeing another response from you. Was she having difficulty walking or moving about BEFORE this? She was flapping about trying to stand, was she having a seizure? Is she vaccinated for Marek's?
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...571c8fa4ad7/1575915881750/Avian+Splinting.pdf
You have another thread you started too that has different photos, I'm going to ask that your 2 threads be combined.
How long has she been like this?
Did she get hung up in the bars of a cage, attacked? Some info may be helpful.
It would be good if you can see a vet and have it xrayed to see if it's broken.
General care would be rinse/flush the wounds really well with Chlorhexidine, then apply triple antibiotic ointment.
If you have no vet care, then you may need to stabilize the wing, there's an instruction manual posted below.
You absolutely need to check this type of wound daily and tend to it daily if you end up wrapping the wing. Wrapping creates a warm environment and wounds can get infected, molded or get maggots. Cleaning the wound daily is going to be important.
Cut out all the goodies and feed her chick starter. Get some poultry vitamins into her that contain B2 or easier yet, pop 1/4 tablet B-Complex into her beak once a day and let her swallow it.
I'm just now seeing another response from you. Was she having difficulty walking or moving about BEFORE this? She was flapping about trying to stand, was she having a seizure? Is she vaccinated for Marek's?
https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...571c8fa4ad7/1575915881750/Avian+Splinting.pdf
My 10 week old pullet is in a similar situation as your pullet. When my chick started growing in her wing feathers I noticed they were sticking out and she had her wing hanging down, as she got older it never got better. So last week we took her to the vet and he said that she broke her wing when she was smaller. (I think she broke it during shipping or while she was hatching) So while the wing was healing the bone thickened and and the supporting tissue had contractures. So basically her wing is paralyzed. The reason I'm saying all this is because my chick will end up on her back like your chick, I think my chick is tripping on her wing and that's why she will end up on her back. So your chick probably broke her wing so it's hanging down and she trips on it and ends up on her back. It also could be bleeding because she got her foot stuck on her wing and her nails cut herself. It happened to my chick, at least that's what I think.
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