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Broken toe and not eating

Camry08

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My dad brought home one of our small bantam girls from the coop with what we thought was a broken leg (she couldn’t walk and the leg sat way to forward). So we brought her to our vet and he felt her legs and decided she just had a broken toe and a lot of inflammation on the upper leg. He said she should be fine with some home care but that she will probably never walk well again. But no X-rays or meds given/taken (he’s a home practice vet)
Come the next day (yesterday) and she’s refusing to eat or drink and her comb is flopped to the side. She no longer even try’s to walk cause it just results in her spinning in circles flapping now she’s just on her side. I’ve been dripping water with poultry boost on her beak with a syringe every few hours and I got her to eat some scrambled eggs last night but she’s just not perking up and I don’t know what to do?? Any advice would be appreciated

(Pics below was a day or two before she stopped eating, drinking, walking completely)
 

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She no longer even try’s to walk cause it just results in her spinning in circles flapping now she’s just on her side.
How old is she?
Does she lay eggs?

Current photos of her and her toe and leg?

Spinning in circles sounds neurological - can you get a video of that action? Upload video to YouTube and provide a link.

I'd work on vitamin therapy.
Go to Walmart, CVS, etc, to the vitamin aisle and pick up a bottle of Vitamin E (400IU) and a bottle of B-Complex.
Give the chick 400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily along with a bit of egg for the uptake of E.

See if you can entice her to eat once she's hydrated. Offer her a little wet soupy feed, bits of egg or tuna.

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How old is she?
Does she lay eggs?

Current photos of her and her toe and leg?

Spinning in circles sounds neurological - can you get a video of that action? Upload video to YouTube and provide a link.

I'd work on vitamin therapy.
Go to Walmart, CVS, etc, to the vitamin aisle and pick up a bottle of Vitamin E (400IU) and a bottle of B-Complex.
Give the chick 400IU Vitamin E and 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily along with a bit of egg for the uptake of E.

See if you can entice her to eat once she's hydrated. Offer her a little wet soupy feed, bits of egg or tuna.

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She’s almost a year and a half this was her first winter.
She does lay eggs looks like she laid one this morning

Spinning in circles was probably the wrong wording it was more of an attempt to keep pressure off her feet while trying to use her wings to move resulting in her pivoting on her less painful foot while flapping wildly. Sadly I couldn’t get a vid of her doing that I think shes to tired to try that anymore. But I did that a vid of how she’s moving today.

I went to my local pharmacy and tried to get vitamins as close to the pictures as you provided. I couldn’t get the exact same brand so I hope these work. How should I go about feeding her the vitamins? Should I break the soft gel and tablet and mix it with some food or treat?
 

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The vitamins you got should be just fine, I posted those photos as an example of what to look for.

You can mix the vitamins into a small treat if you wish or just pop the pills into her beak one at a time. There's no right/wrong way, just so she gets them.

She's a cute little thing isn't she!
Her position and the way she acts, Marek's comes to mind, but she may be suffering from injury.
I've had large heavy hens break toes and also have fractured legs. They never went down like that. They were always able to get up and walk around (with toes and/or legs) wrapped/splinted.

Keep up with the vitamin therapy and see how it goes.
 

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