Diary & Notes ~ Air Cell Detatched SHIPPED Chicken Eggs for incubation and hatching

[Sally Sunshine]

susan also did you see this forum where the leg is also twisted? http://www.voy.com/194762/

 

[Sally Sunshine]

I am off, time for supper and then chores! be back later friends!

 

[frankensusan]

I am making sure you read this from https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces and if you had tried to get the tendon in place if its slipped and the results.


Fix Slipped Achilles Tendon in Hock Joint

• Use to treat Slipped Achilles Tendon (tendon that runs down through the groove on the back of a chick's hock has slipped out of place off to the side). If a leg has this problem, the joint will look swollen and the back of the hock will look flat (Compare to other leg to double-check). The chick can't straighten its leg if this is what's wrong with it.
• Gently pull the upper part of chick's leg a bit behind normal position and then carefully straighten the leg as though chick were stretching its leg back. The tendon should pop back into place pretty easily and cause little if any pain.
  • Some sources recommend pushing the tendon back in place just by pressing with your finger. However, stretching the leg back is a much less painful method.
• Swelling on hock:
  • If infection is part of what is causing joint to swell, you will find pus. Recovery would be very difficult and the chick should probably be put down.
  • If it is just caused by displacement, swelling will go down in 2-4 days.
• Put the chick in a Chick Chair and/or put its leg in a cast (such as one made from a drinking straw) for a few days (~5) while re-alignment stabilizes.
  • It is important that the legs not be able to touch the ground at all. The chick needs to hang with them bent and be discouraged from using its legs until the tendon has stretched and adjusted back to the right place and shape.
• Note: It may take a few days for the groove to be fully developed on a young chick and you may have to fix the tendon more than once.
• If there is pus in the joint,

Yes that was the site I was following for the treatment. I guess I may have to consider setting up a second brooder for her to be in a chair... I can't see her in a chair in with the other wild things, they will knock her over in an instant. I'd rather just let her run around with them with the splint in place.
Susan

 

[Knittycat]

Inside the 'bator, right now!

 

[ozexpat]

Goosey won't let me leave her alone, and she makes it impossible to type. She jumps on the keyborad and trys to eat the keys! Oh, but I love her.

Thankfully it's spring break at the college so I have plenty of time to play with her.

you are imprinted on her. you will always be her mother.

 

[3Dchicken]

3D I cant find a single thing on the internet ANYWHERE about that orange color umbilical!

SMELL it, does her umbilical stink at all?
Is there any puss near it at all?
is it hard or mushy?
Is she eating better?
Is she drinking?
what does her poo look like?
how is her breathing? labored or normal?
what is she acting like?

She smells like the incubator did- moudly kind of. Her bum/naval did not smell particularily bad though.
Can't see any puss.
is it hard, but I guess if you can pinch it in your nail it will bend- like a scab I guess.
She is eating a bit, I don't watch her all too much- I guess I should.
Yes, drinking.
... Her poo? Light and dark green with a bit of white.
I don't know. Breathing evenly I guess.
She is so lazy. I lifted her up in my hand and she didn't even struggle. She even closed her eyes and I got a picture. When I put her back down, she just laid right where I placed her and fell asleep. Very concerning, but maybe she is just tired- But the other chicks struggle when I pick them up...?


This is when I placed her back in the brooder. She just laid down and dozed off...

Her naval.

She fell asleep in my hand- is that normal?

 

[cochins1088]

I feel like I'm invading here! But I was told this is the thread where everyone lives.

I have a cochin chick hatched 3/8 who's leg has always been wrong. She could have hurt it rolling around with the others in the hatcher. At first I thought it was spraddle and I did the hobble treatment but soon found the slipped hock tendon posts which seem more likely. She will not put weight on the right foot nor straighten that leg at the 'knee' joint above the ankle. It turns out away from her body a bit.

I made a splint from egg carton, gauze and vet wrap that has a little more bend in it than my first one, but holds it more straight than she does naturally. She walks around with it on like a peg legged pirate and pushes all the other chicks out of the way. I started calling her Peg... I didn't mean to name her as I am not sure this is fixable!

She's eating and drinking, a little less than the others but her poop is normal and her crop is usually partly full at least. I take her water every hour to make sure she is staying hydrated, I watch her eating normally.

It seems like since I put the splint on that the leg when unwrapped doesn't look as good (see the sore on the hock? I put padding there every time), but she acts more normal with it on, if that makes sense? Do I have to put her in a hammock / chair ?

I'm considering asking a vet for a consult, but you guys are really the chicken chick experts anyway.. Do you think I should try a different technique?

Thanks so much for any advice. PM is ok too.

Here are some pics





oh I trimmed some of the fuzz away to see better and put ointment on.

I have had 4 cochin chicks in the past with slipped tendons. All but one of them now lives a perfectly normal life. It looks like Sally gave you a bit of help, but I'll type out how I treated it after supper.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: so glad cochins saw your post, there is hope! YAY!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Inside the 'bator, right now!

YAY Whoot WHOOT!!!

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Quote: the navel pic looks like its better, just weird in color! also chicks do fall asleep when you put them on their backs, so do my big chickens lol
she sounds very weak, I think you should check into some electrolites, I dont know how to make it homemade other than pedilite use.

ANYONE how to make homemade electrolites, a recipe/s please and I can add them to the articles as well so we can grab them anytime!