Leg injury

[TXmama4boys]

Hello! I have a 6 week old chick that got stuck between a wall and a dog kennel. She got her legs caught in the bars. She is now lethargic and favoring one of her legs over the other. She shares a coop with her 5 siblings and 10 older chickens. Do you recommend I separate her? Not sure what to do. I also felt her leg bones and noticed no obvious breaks. She cried when I got to a certain spot, but I noticed nothing out of the ordinary.

 

[KateJ75]

I would just observe her for now. Maybe separate her from the other chick in a "hospital brooder" for a bit and see how she's doing in a day or so. You'll be better able to better judge the seriousness of her injury then. The most important thing immediately is to reduce stress.

 

[TXmama4boys]

No improvement. It has been two weeks and my poor little chick is limping terribly. Her injured leg is now trembling. Any thoughts?

 

[TXmama4boys]

Any help, please. Thank you.

 

[Kris64]

I saw another post, that I can't find now, and they used a splint to prevent re-injury for 6 weeks and gave the chicken asprin for pain. Another site I found the woman put her chicken in the house in a plastic tub and bedding for 3 weeks to prevent her from moving around. My chicken just hurt her leg yesterday--I'm distraught over it especially because it is the friendliest most loving of all of them.