helpp!!!

[srussler]

She is improving. This wound is looking smaller and is being cleaning 2x a day along with giving her baby aspirin for pain and amoxicillin. She has TWO breaks. One in the TIBIA, that would pop out of place every time I moved her to clean her wound, and another in the JOINT from the tibia to the metacarpals. The one in the Tibia seems much better since it has been splinted and is not popping out of place anymore when she is moving. She is still splinted.

Today, she some how got her leg bent at the joint and is laying on it the same way she is laying on her other leg. ( The normal way chickens tuck their legs under) Instead of having her leg straight out behind her. I attempted to straighten it back out behind her and it seemed stiff so I did my best at putting her back in the box with her leg out behind her. I am beginning to think that since the Tibia is not wrapped against the body like it was before this is how her bent it.

She is also getting wild. I think she is starting to feel better and she is just bored and annoyed about being stuck in a cage in a box with straw and can't get up and move around. She is still eating and drinking great.

Any ideas on how to keep her bedding cleaner would also her great. I clean out the poop every time I get her out to clean the wound and I put a glove on her splint so that doesn't get gross.

Sorry about the last response. If I am on my phone backyard chickens would let me see what I am typing so I can't tell how messed up it is.

 

[azygous]

It sounds very encouraging that the wound is closing up. That's what you can expect, and it will slowly build new tissue from the outside inward. Soon all you'll see is a pinhole. Keep cleaning and moistening it with ointment until it closes all the way.

As for the broken leg, you have a bigger challenge there, it sounds like. I'm having a hard time picturing how a joint can be broken, unless it's the tendons which are supposed to hold the leg together at the joint have been severed. I honestly don't know how you would treat that.

Try doing a search using the phrase "treating severed/torn tendons at leg joint in poultry".

There is a way to keep her immobile and that's to use a chicken hammock. You basically rig up a frame with fabric or netting stretched over it, with holes for her legs to fit through so they hang straight down. It should keep her legs in the right position so she can't fold them up under her and break what ever is broken again, and it should cradle her body comfortably. Search "chicken hammocks for broken leg healing." Use the search feature at the top of this page for best results.

The objective is to splint it correctly so that she'll still be able to walk after it heals. It's going to heal either way. You want the leg in the right position for healing. You need to search your brains out to find out if the way you're going about it is the right way. I'm sure you'll stumble onto some you-tube videos if you keep searching.

 

[srussler]

I will do some searching right now! Thanks! I looked out the link you posted about broken bones and used that as a guide so hopefully it's right. I guess I will have to do something else now since she managed to mess up the splint.

 

[srussler]

Is there any treats I can give her besides just chicken feed and water? I am not sure what all they can have.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

Oh yes She can have some cooked egg, meal worms, veggies, etc. Just provide some grit. Chickens are omnivores like us and can eat most anything in moderation.

 

[srussler]

Thanks! Another thing I need to mention about the hurt side is that she doesn't move her toes at all.

 

[BayBay Peepers]

How are things going? Any progress?