We recently had an accident with one of my chicks and I was so devastated. It happened thanksgiving day we were moving the chicken coop and one chicken was out and got caught and now she has a hurt leg. It was my fault and I still feel terrible about it but she's never been able to use the leg again. She's healed up just fine and only has a couple of weeks till you won't even be able to tell if the wound was even there. She's now in ICU in a large kennel in our shop. We let her out everyday to try and get the good leg stronger and use her wings for balance but she struggles. The bad leg kind of rest in front of the good leg so that makes it hard on her too. She can move the leg up and down kind of. This really depresses me, she probably won't ever be able to go with the rest of the flock bc they pick on her. I've thought about amputating it but if it's really pricey at a vet I can't afford that. Does anyone have any experience with bringing a chicken to the vet and having it's leg amputated? Prices? Do y'all think I should just put her down? I don't want her to be a sad chicken and just taken care of by humans her whole life.. Any advice is welcomed. She's a hen by the way. I included pictures from when it first happened to just recently and the way she stands with it.
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