Compound leg fracture healed!

[Tangerine farmer]

Good news for owners of chickens with compound fractures of the leg! I was on a ride-along with my horse vet yesterday. We stopped by a house to do horse work.. and met the owners of a rooster who had broken his leg a couple of weeks ago.

They had gently cleaned the skin of the leg, and wrapped a piece of gauze around it. Applied a few rounds of Vetwrap. He hobbled for a while. Then a week later walked completely sound.

Yesterday, the man caught him and asked me to cut off the wrap. There only remained a bruise, and fresh skin area. Now, I wouldn't have cut off the wrap just yet, but he refused to listen. The vet said to be very careful, that the wrap really shouldn't have come off.

Good news!

 

[CoopCrazy]

Thats great news.. I am always amazed at the ability for animals to heal....

 

[theoldchick]

Ahhhhh Vet Wrap the veterinary version of duct tape. An expensive version!

 

[janjan1]

I too had a chicken with a obviously broken leg. I also did exactly as that man did, cleaned, applied gauze then wrapped with vet wrap. Only I confined her to a cage for a few weeks. The break has completly healed and she is getting along fine.
Jan