Hi from Southern California - Billy McCloskey

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BillyMac

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Aug 12, 2011
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Hi, All.

My name is Billy, and my wife's name is Kristyn.

We picked up 2 chickens to rid ourselves of a LOT of earwigs in our new garden around March, 2009, when we moved here. Fast forward - we now have 3 laying hens, a rooster, 5 medium chickens we hatched via incubator (3 roosters, 2 hens) and 7 x 1 month old chicks. I personally care for each and every chicken, and practically live in their coops - aka, My garage. :-D

Anyway, nice to meet all the other people who regard chickens with some respect.

I found this forum via blog text search a la google for the search term "reattach dislocated leg of chicken" - amazing.

Anyway, just wanted to mention that I'm caring for a 1 month old chick that has had a dislocated leg (socket attaching to body) since around hatch. I pick it up and attempt to massage the joint into place, but the poor bird still has a gimpy leg. I've put it in its own cage, and have been caring for it, but with my bad back, it's becoming a burden.

I read in another thread on this site about a sling - which I'm leaning towards, but I'd be happy to take any other suggestions.

Thank you all in advance for the place to talk about chickens.

Sincerely,
Billy
 
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sorry I can't offer much help with your chick.

I had a roo with a bad knee joint by the time he was 6 months old and we had to cull him cause no matter what we did, it was hard for him to move around and caused him pain during the cold months.
 
hi from central cali. I can't help you because I 2 am new to raising chickens, but I have learned new things from all these nice people on this site.
 

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