Limping hen. Need advice.

[pennyJo1960]

There was youngster that their grandmother used the recipe
and it was given to me

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

So, she has been in the kennel since Tuesday morning. She seems to be putting more weight on that foot. I'm inclined to let her out before the others are released and see how she's walking today. @NanaKat , @igorsMistress, @penny1960, @AllenK RGV, what to you think?

 

[pennyJo1960]

Go see but get a look at that foot first please take photo of the bottom again Please

 

[Yep I Talk To Chickens]

I had a young chick that got caught by my dog she got away and survived. But afterwords for about 2 to 3 weeks she walked just like your hen. We believed it was a sprang.

 

[AllenK RGV]

I wish I had more to offer you @Sooner Magnolia but I think you keeping her isolated until she is fully healed would be the course I would choose.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

I wish I had more to offer you @Sooner Magnolia but I think you keeping her isolated until she is fully healed would be the course I would choose.

I'll take her out and take pictures. Then maybe put her in a bigger kennel I had for a mastiff puppy. A little more room to move, but no chance to run and jump. Sound good?

 

[AllenK RGV]

I'll take her out and take pictures. Then maybe put her in a bigger kennel I had for a mastiff puppy. A little more room to move, but no chance to run and jump. Sound good?

Sounds perfect. Yeah our last hen got stuck in a cat box and it was nasty with all the poop. She lived and we washed. Sure she was just a 1 pound silkie so the accommodations were appropriate.

 

[igorsMistress]

@Sooner Magnolia I would check that foot again first as well. I would like to see a pic of the bottom of her foot.

I'll be honest, Angus has been out with his flock while I'm treating him. I had just downsized by more than half my flock, then lost 2 more to heat so I didn't want them stressed any more than they already were. I've been changing his dressing every 24 hours though.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

Pictures of both feet. The yellowed one is the foot in question. Neither foot is tender to palpation, warm, firm in any particular place. Both have darker spots, but they seem to me to be akin to the cracks in my non-pedicured feet that are hard to completely clean. Please correct my ignorance if I'm wrong.

 

[Sooner Magnolia]

Hmm. Pictures look worse than in person...