Is her wing broken 4 week pictures

[Rose Quartz]

OhBoy...that's a much bigger problem than one injured chick

Yup. There's tunnels all under the flooring i've got everyone outside now i'm gonna have to rip up the floor and find some way to get rid of them i have 2 other coop i can house the chickens in it'll be tight for the older ones but better than being attacked.

 

[Rose Quartz]

CAT! Antibiotics pronto please. Chickens are particularly susceptible to the germs that cats carry on their teeth and talons, and both tooth and nail are sharp as needles, can bury their germs deep and unless the flesh is actually torn, nearly impossible to find the injuries. The sooner the better to get the antibiotics onboard.

This was a few weeks ago and i check her over well then. There was nothing. I just assumed cat since there's a feral one around, but i saw the rat today it was in the pen with the door locked.

 

[Ebony Rose]

This was a few weeks ago and i check her over well then. There was nothing. I just assumed cat since there's a feral one around, but i saw the rat today it was in the pen with the door locked.

Oh! Okay then. Eeep, getting rid of rats is tricky.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Oh! Okay then. Eeep, getting rid of rats is tricky.

I've got cats i might just set them loose in the chicken pen and see if they feel like hunting.

I'm part way through relocating my birds. I've got the other pens set up now at least and the 3 hurt ones are in the house. I'll figure something out.

 

[Ebony Rose]

If you have a spare bathroom, you can convert the bathroom, or the shower therein, into a chicken hospital... makes for relative ease to clean up after them nightly by simply layering some newspaper on the floor. I've been known to put towels on the lowered toilet seat cover and another in the sink, as they both make good 'sick chick' roosting areas for those that simply must find high ground to feel comfortable sleeping.

 

[Rose Quartz]

If you have a spare bathroom, you can convert the bathroom, or the shower therein, into a chicken hospital... makes for relative ease to clean up after them nightly by simply layering some newspaper on the floor. I've been known to put towels on the lowered toilet seat cover and another in the sink, as they both make good 'sick chick' roosting areas for those that simply must find high ground to feel comfortable sleeping.

I do have an extra bathroom, but I have them in an actual brooder i built. There are 6 cats in my house we're taking care of a mama and her kittens that were outside when we moved in here. Cant risk the kids opening the door they'd be eaten before i knew it was open.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Alright so, Mr. with the injured foot healed super quickly once I brought him in the house in a clean pen. He's gone back outside to enjoy his out door freedom with the rest of the flock. The most recently attacked chick is doing spectacularly. Looks like she has full use of her wing and will be going back outside too once the rain stops. I don't want her cut getting all soggy.


The little Golden girl though still has her wing hanging down. She was able to jump up onto a ledge about 12" high and roost there today when I took the top off the brooder to clean it.

Yesterday morning i got a look at the underside of her wing and the "upper arm" looked black. It was just bruising though because it's looking almost normal today.

She's not using her left wing though and i'm not sure she ever will again. Is it possible it got dislocated at the shoulder? Should i see about maybe getting it put back in place if that's the case?

Her left is the injured one.
I have a picture of the right side in there too to give an idea of how she should be holding her wing up.

this is the underside of the injured wing

And this is the uninjured wing

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm glad to hear they are doing so much better!

I honestly don't know if you should wrap the wing now that the swelling has gone down or not. @coach723 what do you think?

 

[coach723]

Does she move the wing at all? Or is it just completely limp? When you lift it to look under does it bother her? When you move it does it seem 'loose' or does it feel like the other wing? Sometimes wrapping is good to give it some support while it heals, but sometimes it's not, it really depends on the injury. Without an xray, an outward exam is all you have to go by. If she can use the wing, but is choosing not too, then soreness is probably the issue and I would be inclined to wait a bit longer before wrapping it to see if it improves. If the wing is just limp and she has no control over it, then wrapping might be best. If a vet is an option, then xrays may tell the tale, if it's broken/fractured, or just very badly bruised. This manual tells how to examine for various fractures, and how to wrap or splint. Important not to wrap too tightly and cut off circulation, and also make sure the bird tolerates it. You don't want her freaking out and injuring herself worse.

 

[Rose Quartz]

Does she move the wing at all? Or is it just completely limp? When you lift it to look under does it bother her? When you move it does it seem 'loose' or does it feel like the other wing? Sometimes wrapping is good to give it some support while it heals, but sometimes it's not, it really depends on the injury. Without an xray, an outward exam is all you have to go by. If she can use the wing, but is choosing not too, then soreness is probably the issue and I would be inclined to wait a bit longer before wrapping it to see if it improves. If the wing is just limp and she has no control over it, then wrapping might be best. If a vet is an option, then xrays may tell the tale, if it's broken/fractured, or just very badly bruised. This manual tells how to examine for various fractures, and how to wrap or splint. Important not to wrap too tightly and cut off circulation, and also make sure the bird tolerates it. You don't want her freaking out and injuring herself worse.

It's not limp, just held in an odd place. She doesn't like me touching it at all. When she looses her balance and leans against it on the ground she cheeps like she's hurting. I'll leave it and see how she goes. She's holding it a little higher today than she was yesterday. But still just holding it tight against her side even if she's lost her balance. Probably just still hurting.