HELP! My chicken has a broken foot!

[Chicken no. 5]

Can someone please help me.

My son stood on his favorite pet chicken & it appears to now have a broken foot.

She seems quite alert & can stand up but she is not using that sore foot at all & it drags behind her. She is eating & drinking well but just can't move around very well. I have checked her leg & all seems good, just like the other one. Her foot is really swollen but dosn't seem to be sore to touch. If I put the foot in the right place under her she will try & hobble around but if she lays down & try's to get back up herself the foot ends up dragging behind her. My son is so upset that he was the won to stand on her & is begging me to fix her up.

Please help. I have read about strapping the leg & foot but with no pictures it is hard to know the correct way to do it. I don't want to hurt her anymore.

Thank you

 

[chicmom]

Hello!

Oh, that was an unfortunate accident! Does the chicken's ankle seem to be broken? Does the foot bend backwards or is it just swollen?

 

[CMV]

Here's a pretty helpful chicken podiatry page. I hope it helps in your situation.
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

Good luck.

 

[Chicken no. 5]

I think that the ankle is broken & the foot does go backwards. This is why I don't really know how to wrap it, no one says much about wrapping the foot to try & stop it facing the wrong way.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Chicken no. 5 :

I think that the ankle is broken & the foot does go backwards. This is why I don't really know how to wrap it, no one says much about wrapping the foot to try & stop it facing the wrong way.

here is alot of info. https://www.backyardchickens.com/se...forum/viewtopic.php?pid=7736152#p7736152#1112​