Chicken sprained leg!

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Today my neighbors dog had ran out while my flock was free ranging. The dog wasn't trying to attack the chickens but was just chasing them. Of course the chickens were terrified and were trying to run away. Now one of my girls is limping like crazy. She will eat and drink if I bring her to the feeders wich I think is a good sign. But other than that she is just sitting down. I have gave her some electrolytes and turmeric but would like some other advise please.
 
I'm sorry about your hen.

Do you have photos of her leg?
Is she able to limp walk on it at all?

Hopefully she has just sprained it and the leg will heal in a week or so. It does sound like she's limiting her activity o.k. She's eating/drinking o.k.
I'm not sure how your coop/run setup is, so can only tell you what I did when my dog chased a hen into a fence and she injured her leg.
I did leave her with the flock, she self-limited her activity and was able to get to food/water o.k. The leg was a bit swollen and I could feel a lump, possibly a fracture, so I did wrap the leg to stabilize it, but only loosely, since there was swelling. I checked the wrap throughout the day for the first few days, then when swelling went down, I wrapped it pretty well (not too tight!). I left the wrapping on for a couple of weeks and only changed it if it got wet or heavily soiled. Checked the leg watched how she moved, then rewrapped for another couple of weeks.
I did make sure she ate/drank well. She did not roost the first few weeks so I made sure she had some deep bedding to lay on and that she was housed/locked up securely at night. She went from sleeping on bedding to roosting on a low bar to eventually jumping to a high roost to get to the rafters to sleep like normal. This took about 6-8 weeks but I really think it was fractured.

If vet care is an option, an xray will tell you if it's broken or just bruised. Vet's are expensive and we often just have to do the best we can with home care.

So, check her leg, look for bruising (greenish/blue tinge to the skin), a lump or broken skin.
Let me know how she's doing.
 
I'm sorry about your hen.

Do you have photos of her leg?
Is she able to limp walk on it at all?

Hopefully she has just sprained it and the leg will heal in a week or so. It does sound like she's limiting her activity o.k. She's eating/drinking o.k.
I'm not sure how your coop/run setup is, so can only tell you what I did when my dog chased a hen into a fence and she injured her leg.
I did leave her with the flock, she self-limited her activity and was able to get to food/water o.k. The leg was a bit swollen and I could feel a lump, possibly a fracture, so I did wrap the leg to stabilize it, but only loosely, since there was swelling. I checked the wrap throughout the day for the first few days, then when swelling went down, I wrapped it pretty well (not too tight!). I left the wrapping on for a couple of weeks and only changed it if it got wet or heavily soiled. Checked the leg watched how she moved, then rewrapped for another couple of weeks.
I did make sure she ate/drank well. She did not roost the first few weeks so I made sure she had some deep bedding to lay on and that she was housed/locked up securely at night. She went from sleeping on bedding to roosting on a low bar to eventually jumping to a high roost to get to the rafters to sleep like normal. This took about 6-8 weeks but I really think it was fractured.

If vet care is an option, an xray will tell you if it's broken or just bruised. Vet's are expensive and we often just have to do the best we can with home care.

So, check her leg, look for bruising (greenish/blue tinge to the skin), a lump or broken skin.
Let me know how she's doing.
Update
Today she is still in lots of pain. Last night however she did go up on the highest roost all by herself. No bruising though. She sits alot but does go and hop on one leg to get water and food
 
also if she heals will she be more prone to hurting her leg again? Do you think she'll continue laying? Adding to that I don't think it was the dog that caused the damage I think it was the hen running away and she mabey had tripped or slipped.
 
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Update!
Good news! She is fully putting weight on her foot and walking normally! Occasionally she will hold her foot up as I assume it most likely still hurts to some extend but I'm so glad she is recovering! We've decided to put up a fence so no more dog incidents will happen. Until it gets put up I'll stop free ranging them temporarily.
 

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