Help!Crow with broken leg!

[AfiafiAfi]

I found a crow with broken legs in my garden.It’s legs looks like they are crumpled up and twisted.
It’s currently sleeping in a cage.
Please tell me what I can do to help it!

 

[coach723]

You can try splinting, hard to say if that will be effective or not depending on the breaks. It sounds like there may be multiple fractures. The next question is whether you are willing to care for it for the rest of it's life, it may not be able to return to the wild depending on how it heals, if it heals. And whether it's legal to keep it where you are.
This is a splinting manual, attached below, should help. Make sure all splints are padded and wraps are not too tight. Check often and change as needed, if there is swelling then circulation could be cut off. You may need to use some kind of sling also, to help keep it upright while the bones heal, examples pictured below.

 

[azygous]

I agree with @coach723. This crow likely injured its leg some time ago, and now the leg has healed crooked. Obviously, this hampers the crow in its survival. Now that you have intervened in a wild animal's existence, you need to assess how much you are willing to invest in its care.

Crows are exceedingly intelligent so do not discount the possibility that this bird chose you to care for it. I knew a woman who befriended just such an injured crow and cared for it for many years. She named him "Squatney", and the two bonded fiercely. When it came time, years later, for Squatney to die, she stationed herself right next to the bird's side until the end.

 

[AfiafiAfi]

You can try splinting, hard to say if that will be effective or not depending on the breaks. It sounds like there may be multiple fractures. The next question is whether you are willing to care for it for the rest of it's life, it may not be able to return to the wild depending on how it heals, if it heals. And whether it's legal to keep it where you are.
This is a splinting manual, attached below, should help. Make sure all splints are padded and wraps are not too tight. Check often and change as needed, if there is swelling then circulation could be cut off. You may need to use some kind of sling also, to help keep it upright while the bones heal, examples pictured below.
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Thank you I’ll try

 

[21hens-incharge]

My apologies.

The OP is in India.
Owning crows is legal there.

Please carry on.

 

[Chickengirl2671]

I found a crow with broken legs in my garden.It’s legs looks like they are crumpled up and twisted.
It’s currently sleeping in a cage.
Please tell me what I can do to help it!

Get pics so we can see how bad it is.

 

[AfiafiAfi]

You will probably have to put it down, @azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive

There must be another choice!

 

[21hens-incharge]

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits the taking, killing, capturing, transporting, harboring of the birds or hatching eggs, that which are Native to the United States of America, Europe and central Asia. All are protected by state and federal agencies.

https://www.fws.gov/birds/policies-and-regulations/laws-legislations/migratory-bird-treaty-act.php

https://www.birdlife.org/europe-and-central-asia/policy/species-protection-and-hunting-birds

Any threads started on this subject will be closed.

Thank you for your understanding.

-BYC Staff

 

[AfiafiAfi]

This is not the original picture but it’s leg matches this picture and is more twisted.

 

[Chickengirl2671]

This is not the original picture but it’s leg matches this picture and is more twisted.View attachment 3134600

You will probably have to put it down, @azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive