MontmorenciCoop
Chirping
- Apr 21, 2021
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Okay, so I noticed my sweet boy was limping the one day, and it just got worse. I checked for the slipped tendon, I really don’t think it’s that. My chickens are weird and a few of them all huddle together in one corner at night while the others are roosting. He’s twice the size of all my others and the same age, so I’m thinking either they injured him “cuddling” or he is growing too fast. Or possibly something with his inbreeding. He’s supposed to be a silkie, but he’s definitely a mix of something else.
Anyway, I built him the thing to keep his leg up and pressure off of it and even put a piece of cloth over him to secure him in and put him in the coop so he can see all his buddies... I went back out to close their coop and he was out.
Is there a way or another method to keep him in there? I’m so sad, I really want to help him. I got him antibiotics, and I’ve been rubbing homeopathic cream on his swollen hock for a few days. My husband won’t let me take him to the vet because they’re just birds, and we don’t have a vet that sees chickens locally anyway.
Anyway, I built him the thing to keep his leg up and pressure off of it and even put a piece of cloth over him to secure him in and put him in the coop so he can see all his buddies... I went back out to close their coop and he was out.
Is there a way or another method to keep him in there? I’m so sad, I really want to help him. I got him antibiotics, and I’ve been rubbing homeopathic cream on his swollen hock for a few days. My husband won’t let me take him to the vet because they’re just birds, and we don’t have a vet that sees chickens locally anyway.