broken leg

[artsyrobin]

hi guys- just met up with a friend to pick up her injured cockeral, a cubalaya, looks like he got his leg broke and will try to rehab him- here are a few shots-

any suggestions on treatment options?
he is on LY50, vitamins in the water and game bird feed in a cage so his movement is limited his appetite is great..

 

[MotherJean]

Maybe it's just the photo, but in that first pic the hock area at the the top looks sort of nasty. Also, in the 2nd pic I notice a difference in skin color on the toes of the injured leg. Looks sort of red with a little green in the webbing between the toes. If this was a broken bone that pierced the skin, I'd remove that bandage and check the leg for infection/gangrene. Finding any, you'll need to treat with antibiotics internally and externally. You should also redress that leg with a hard splint on each side but only enough bandage to hold the splints in place. That leg needs air. What is LY50?

 

[BeccaB00]

MotherJean knows alot

listen to her. get that poor chickie some help right away!

 

[Lifetime chicken lover]

This looks very similar to an injury my chicken had last year. I also splinted it and changed the bandage twice a day, but like MotherJean said, it looks infected, and then without antibiotics there is little chance. I did not do antibiotics and my girl died in 2 days.

 

[artsyrobin]

that exactly what i was thinking when i first looked at the leg, wanted to check here first- ly 50 is antibacterial and antimycloplasmal- the friend had him on that- i also have tylan 50, duramyacin- if those would work better, i took the bandage off, here is a shot for you - i am thinking neosporin might be a thought to put on it? i'm sure there is some bruising too...

 

[Cuban Longtails]

His foot was quite swollen the day following the break. The greenish coloring showed up after the swelling went down. I believe it's brusing, not an infection. We've tried our best to keep it clean and covered. I think the mess on the wrapping near his hock was some poop; he'd been kept in a box to limit his movement until I could get him to Robin. As far as I could tell, the bone did not pierce the skin but there is a surface wound where the break is/was. The incident happend earlier last week.

 

[artsyrobin]

He is doing real good this morning, i have an open splint on him, 3 sides are splinted so i can put neoporin on it- i was looking at the green, and it really looks more like bruising, yes, that is a scrape but no puncture, his foot isn't inflamed and warm, and he seems to be unbothered by it- really an amazing boy! will get some pics later today, he had scrambled eggs with his breakfast and takes to handleing well... i think you are going to convert me to this breed!