Has anyone had luck fixing a broken leg on peafowl?

[stacir]

I have a free range hen sitting on a nest, who showed up to eat with a bad leg. Was putting weight on it at first but now the foot is curled under and she isn't putting very much weight on it. Leg doesn't look swollen, foot maybe a little. So not really sure if it's broke or sprained. But as she is sitting on a nest I know she isn't moving around a lot except once a day to fly into the fly into the yard to eat and drink. She hops a round a little and then flies back. I haven't caught her to examine her yet. I took most of the eggs away and left one so I know where she is an can net her when I need to.

I am just wondering if I should spend the time and money on a vet and was looking for any success stories if anyone has one.

 

[casportpony]

I haven't had any peas with broken legs, but have had a few chickens. Probably best to take her to a vet.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

FWIF, if I had one I would do a thorough exam and depending on the location, I might try to splint myself, but if the fracture was up high, I'd go to a vet, 'cause I believe those need to be splinted with a special splint, which I don't have. Will look for pictures of it later and post them.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

Couple of years back I hit a Barred Owl with my truck and broke its wing. We finally found a nature center that would take it and try to rehabilitate it. The number one question that we had from all the places we called was whether the bone had dried out. They told us if the bone was dry that it would not mend, if it was still wet they could fix it.

Look for a thread here about George who broke a leg, good story and happy ending.

 

[new 2 pfowl]

Here's a thread about George: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/674638/poor-george-graphic
Also, one of our longstanding members, Kedreeva, had a boy named Blu who had to have surgery on his leg and I believe he ended up not being able to use the leg? I can't find the thread.

I didn't read back through George's story, but as I recall, he eventually used his broken leg to keep his balance even though he couldn't walk on it, so it was very important that he had the leg.
If you do take your girl to the vet and the leg can't be fixed, I would do a lot of research before doing something drastic like amputation. I just say that because we had someone here who (it seemed to me, and what do I know anyways?) jumped the gun on amputation for a chick, and I think that a pea would have a very difficult time with only one leg.