Do you try to slip the tendon back in near the knee joint or near the ankle???????

[dandydoodle]

I am confused with perosis when you are trying to put the tendon back in, do you put it back in at the knee joint or at the ankle. I don't want to be pushing on the wrong part.

 

[froggiesheins]

Hi, it your chicken hopping on one foot when the tendon pops out? I deal with this daily with one of my hens. The tendon slips off [for lack of a better word] the groove on the hock area. I gently move the leg back to a straighter position to give the tendon some slack and then slide it back into place....... I hope that helps.

 

[dandydoodle]

Thanks I really appreciate the help. I have since found out it is not just that but, her hip seems to be dislocated. I really don't know if there is anything I can do for her or not. :0(

 

[dandydoodle]

Do I have to put this baby down. If no one is helping because the news isn't good, please answer. Bad news isn't what I want to hear but, probably what I expect. I just really want to know one way or another. If there is something I can do I want to do it ASAP so she will have more of a chance. If keeping her around isn't gonna do anything but make her suffer I want to know that too. I am trying to decide if I can help her at all or if we need to cull.

 

[froggiesheins]

You did not post enough information dandydoodle.......please be VERY specific about what is going on and age of birdie...

 

[dandydoodle]

You did not post enough information dandydoodle.......please be VERY specific about what is going on and age of birdie...

The baby is about 6 days old. I really don't think there is anything I can do. I believe it has perosis but, I also noticed there is something going on with the top of the leg also. To begin with I thought the hip was out of socket. I went down and very carefully compared the legs. After doing that I don't think it is out of socket but, there is definitely something wrong with the top part of the leg. I don't know what the bone is called but, the one that is the femur in a person has something wrong with it. It feels like there is a bump or something in the middle of it. If something had happened to it I would think it is broken. Since nothing has happened to it I guess it must be a deformity and I am sure there is no way I can fix that. I am giving the baby vitamins everyday and I guess we will take it one day at a time. She hobbles around using the one good leg and using the hock as a foot on the bad one. When she gets where she wants she just sits. She was eating and drinking a lot earlier. So I guess as long as she is happy I will give her a chance. I wouldn't want her to suffer but, if she is happy the way she is I wouldn't want to put her down. So I will let her future be up to her. :0) I also don't want to try chick chairs and so on when I really don't think it will help. I think she will have a better chance at life if I just let her be because, she will be happier that way and she is able to eat and drink on her own. If I find some time I will take pics of her and my other babies and post them.

I guess I better eventually harden up so I can do some culling. If not I am gonna end up with lots of handicapped babies over time.

Sorry for being so pushy for answers to begin with. I was just hoping I could fix her.

 

[CMV]

It doesn't take much to fracture bones in chicks. Just getting trampled by its brooder mates is enough to kill some birds, so do not be so quick to dismiss the possibility of a fracture. A lump in the center of a bone is indicative of a healing fracture (or bone cancer, but unlikely in a bird so young). As long as the lump is forming that is a good thing. That means the bone is trying to knit back together. An unstable fracture would have a much grimmer outcome.

I'd give her some time to see how she does. Padding the hock may help to prevent weird callous growth in the interim.

Good luck.

 

[froggiesheins]

It doesn't take much to fracture bones in chicks.  Just getting trampled by its brooder mates is enough to kill some birds, so do not be so quick to dismiss the possibility of a fracture.  A lump in the center of a bone is indicative of a healing fracture (or bone cancer, but unlikely in a bird so young).  As long as the lump is forming that is a good thing.  That means the bone is trying to knit back together.  An unstable fracture would have a much grimmer outcome.

I'd give her some time to see how she does.  Padding the hock may help to prevent weird callous growth in the interim.

Good luck.

WOW, great info CMV

 

[dandydoodle]

It doesn't take much to fracture bones in chicks. Just getting trampled by its brooder mates is enough to kill some birds, so do not be so quick to dismiss the possibility of a fracture. A lump in the center of a bone is indicative of a healing fracture (or bone cancer, but unlikely in a bird so young). As long as the lump is forming that is a good thing. That means the bone is trying to knit back together. An unstable fracture would have a much grimmer outcome.

I'd give her some time to see how she does. Padding the hock may help to prevent weird callous growth in the interim.

Good luck.

If it is broke and she does make it through this, do you think she will ever walk normal or will she just get use to walking on her hock and continue to do so. Have you had a baby with a broken leg bone? Well she has favored the leg since she was about two or three days old, so I am thinking there was already something up by that point. At about four days I went down to the brooder to check on them and some how a large feather had fallen into the brooder and she had gotten some of the feathers wrapped around her toe. If it is true about them being able to break things easy I guess she might have broke it lugging around that feather. I really think there was something wrong like perosis even before this happened though because, she had already been holding that foot up in the the air and the back of the hock appeared flat. I am thinking maybe she has a vitamin deficiency that has caused the perosis because, she also appears to not be growing as well as the others. I am now giving her vitamins everyday and hopefully that will help straighten some of her problems out. I am gonna give her a chance because, she seems very happen and content for now. I don't think she can even tell there is a difference between her and the others. If she gets to a point she seems like she is suffering I will find a way to bring myself to cull because, I don't want her in pain. As for now though she seems happy. I have been checking her hock to see if it is getting red from her walking on it but, so far so good it isn't red at all. If it starts to get red I will put something on it to keep it from scratching on the bedding but, if I can I am gonna let her be. Since she might have a broken bone, I am gonna try to keep from adding any extra weight onto her leg if I can.

Thanks all the advice it appreciated. I will keep updating and letting you know how she is doing. If I can get myself to quit being so lazy, I will post some pics of her and her brooder buddies. :0)

 

[PoultryGirly]

How did this chick do?