Chick with injured toe/leg

alexplustrips

In the Brooder
6 Years
May 5, 2013
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Blount County, AL
One of my chicks, a ten-12 week old sizzle, has hurt her leg. The other ten chickens are growing faster then her and somehow in the pushing and shoving in their house she got hurt. I can't really tell what the injury is since I am new at this. I put pictures below. It has been two days since I noticed that she was hurt. I came in for the nightly check up and she was laying on the ground like she was dead and the other chicks were walking all over her. Once I picked her up I noticed that she was alive so I took her inside to our hospital box and gave her food and water. Once she had more energy I noticed her walking really wobbly and favoring one side. She drops her hurt leg straight out behind her but she can curl her toes and control her leg. I think it may be a broken toe because one looks all white and it bending in an odd way but I am not 100% what it's supposed to look like.

Here are pictures: Thoughts?
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I have her in our kitchen in a box with pine shavings and food and water and I gave her 16 mg aspirin. Any other suggestions? Can she live like this?
 
If you could make her a kind of a life preserver out of a towel and prop her up in it, you could try to put food and water on something in front of her so she could get some nutrition for a day or two. After resting it, she might be able to get up on her own again. If she doesn't improve after a couple of days, I would consider putting her down. Also, if you have some Polyvisol liquid vitamins, I would give her a drop or two every day, just in case it is a vitamin issue.
 
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