My Hen Fell Off Roost At Night

[Weeg]

Thats so great! Seems he's recovered from shock, and is starting to pass the droken egg. I would immediately give her a Tums if you can. That will give her a calcium boost to pass the rest of the egg. I think she will survive this. To give Tums, chop it into 1/4's and squeeze her tightly between your legs. Then pinch the sides of her mouth to get her to open, and pop a prince in, let her swallow, repeat.
Do you have Electrolytes? If you do, add those to her water. If you don't, pick some up in town when you can. Keep her separated from the other chickens, and place a towel under her as that will show her discharge really well. Carefully watch her food and water intake. I had a hen with the same issue, I didn't watch her food intake enough and she died of starvation.
If you can, I would use liquid measuring cups to hold water and food, as you can then tell exactly how much water and food she's eating a day. Keep her separated, and keep us posted.
Her leg is is likely sprained rather then broken. I've seen a hen run around on a sprained ankle to get to food. They have very high pain tolerance. Keep her locked up so she can't stress her knee, and watch her carefully. Good luck!

 

[McChooky]

My chickens have a poop board with a 2 x 4 attached on the front that serves as a "loft" and roost at the same time.Some might call it a modified poop board.LOL I can lift it up and remove it to dump any dirty bedding or poop on it . It sits against the back wall and touches both sides .The chickens have one lower roost that runs along one side of the coop and it helps them to jump/fly up there.Good to have for older chickens that might "fall" or can't grip the roost good.I sure hope your favorite chicken gets better! Make sure you keep her warm and continue treating her for shock..

 

[ChickaChickaChooCho000]

Thats so great! Seems he's recovered from shock, and is starting to pass the droken egg. I would immediately give her a Tums if you can. That will give her a calcium boost to pass the rest of the egg. I think she will survive this. To give Tums, chop it into 1/4's and squeeze her tightly between your legs. Then pinch the sides of her mouth to get her to open, and pop a prince in, let her swallow, repeat.
Do you have Electrolytes? If you do, add those to her water. If you don't, pick some up in town when you can. Keep her separated from the other chickens, and place a towel under her as that will show her discharge really well. Carefully watch her food and water intake. I had a hen with the same issue, I didn't watch her food intake enough and she died of starvation.
If you can, I would use liquid measuring cups to hold water and food, as you can then tell exactly how much water and food she's eating a day. Keep her separated, and keep us posted.
Her leg is is likely sprained rather then broken. I've seen a hen run around on a sprained ankle to get to food. They have very high pain tolerance. Keep her locked up so she can't stress her knee, and watch her carefully. Good luck!

Her left knee is literally like a popped joint, the bone luckily didn’t come out during the fall but you can feel it’s physically broken or dislocated towards the right. Yes she does seem really resilient as she has always been, but she’s a lot older now so she is a bit clumsier than before. Yes I’ll try the tums thank you.

 

[Chicalina]

can you try and reset or splint the joint?

 

[ChickaChickaChooCho000]

can you try and reset or splint the joint?

I’ve been working a lot lately but I’m going to make a splint for her ankle today. It’s just an odd broken leg, it looks like a twisted ankle. She’s still alive so that means she at least isn’t egg bound but gave her a quick flea and tick bath before splinting her leg.

 

[ChickaChickaChooCho000]

Update: Her leg is still splinted and she walks on her leg pretty well but I’m still keeping an eye on her and making sure she’s not jumping around so much since it’s only about almost a week and even though the splint cushions her, she needs to slow down a bit. Chickens are masters of hiding their pain. She acts normal, but she is pretty old so I don’t want her to put too much stress on herself. also, that broken egg was her last as of the moment. Maybe she’s not egg bound but maybe stress levels are still high for her to want to lay eggs. Hopefully she still lives a bit longer even after retirement. What was very heartwarming was her bestie the Black Sexlink hen, came up to her and was with her most of the day outside. They stuck like glue together. She even cleaned Henny’s face. Then they preened together before they went to roost. Well I put Henny back inside but the rest went back to the coop. That was the only photo I took but you can imagine.

 

[Dhkoenig]

So I just got back from work and when I asked how she was, it seems my siblings said that she hopped out of her little box during the day(I’m pretty shocked with her broken left knee), but yeah he said that she also laid a big cracked egg, which our family fatty beagle munched up(yeah, she has an eating issue just like many known beagles.) I hope that was the egg that was what came out of her the night before. If anything, I’ll make a splint for her for now and I’ll update if anything else good of bad happens. The main issue is the cracked egg issue. The leg issue has an easier solution but again I’ll update further info. I’ll take what everyone considered doing besides culling. Thanks everyone.

Hi - I know this is an old post but I wondered whatever happened to Henny

 

[ChickaChickaChooCho000]

Hi - I know this is an old post but I wondered whatever happened to Henny

She’s still alive and well, currently 6 years I’m assuming. She doesn’t have the splint anymore as she found her own way of mobility and just goes her own pace and manages to still dustbath and everything. I think the main issue wasn’t her leg but maybe her breastbone that dropped so high like 6ft in the dark. She stopped laying eggs for a whole year and then in June she began laying like everyday again, small beige colored eggs and all lively. I just felt that my money is depleting at this tome of my life and I need to save my money up at this time so I wanted to give my precious ones away to a home that won’t kill them till they die themselves to any health or other issues, not for our selfish consumption. So she is no longer living with me, but her as well as 5 of my other pretty hens were given away to a coworker with a mother who loves chickens and said she won’t will mine, it’s a farmland so they can finally free range forage and go as far as they wish and not just in my backyard. If she’s still alive and the other hens are doing great and my family gets a nice home with big land then I’d ask for them back and pay them back for caring for them. Currently just have my dad’s wild junglefowl chickens/chicks which we are going to sell some since that’s the plan and some crosses from mine(BLRW or Speckled Sussex)and his junglefowl rooster, still wondering which ones are which because there are some odd colors. Also got two ducklings for my broody duck so she won’t be lonely and she didn’t raise them but now they’re already the same size as her and it’s only been about 1.5 months and now she’s fine hanging with them. Oh yeah, funny enough, I got some more chicks accidentally because I forgot to cancel the order. Soooo I got a silver laced and blue laced Wyandotte, and an Easter egger from Cackle Hatchery, and of course they sent an extra chick and is a rooster, from what the comb looks like. They’re about 2-3 weeks. I was planning to stop raising chickens and look what happened. it’s never ending. ATP I will get my chickens back from my coworker’s mom. I was planning to just sell them once they are 2 months but we’ll see if they behave and do well in my backyard. The junglefowl chicks are troublemakers and fly or creep into my neighbors yard, they’re only lucky a relative lives next door so they don’t get too mad, but it drives ME mad when they do that, sure they can be pretty birds but they are too wild and we don’t live in rural property, if we did then they’d be fine free ranging our yard. Anyways, Henny is doing great, I will also get an update from my coworker/friend.

 

[ChickaChickaChooCho000]

One thing I find amazing is that even with all of her disabilities and hardships, Henny always managed to survive it all and stays strong through it all, even if she is in pain and I don’t know. And she’s freakin 6 years old. The black one in the photo sadly passed away that December in 2021 because she somehow caught Canker, and none of my chickens have ever got that before. So she couldn’t eat and was in too much pain so she died in a crate in my home where we cared for her for a week. It didn’t help that it was super cold as well, so her getting skinnier didn’t help her stay warm. Yes she was in a warm room during the winter but it didn’t snow much at the time either, just cold and she couldn’t eat. So it killed her slowly. Wish the besties would’ve stayed together for a long time but one had to go eventually. They lived and are living pretty long for production breeds that are typically deceased at much earlier years. I got lucky I guess. I’ve had them since winter-summer of 2017. That’s crazy. I’m still learning new things about chickens everyday, I’m not an expert just someone who likes chickens and enjoy their presence in my backyard because it’ll be too boring in a blank backyard.

 

[Dhkoenig]

She’s still alive and well, currently 6 years I’m assuming. She doesn’t have the splint anymore as she found her own way of mobility and just goes her own pace and manages to still dustbath and everything. I think the main issue wasn’t her leg but maybe her breastbone that dropped so high like 6ft in the dark. She stopped laying eggs for a whole year and then in June she began laying like everyday again, small beige colored eggs and all lively. I just felt that my money is depleting at this tome of my life and I need to save my money up at this time so I wanted to give my precious ones away to a home that won’t kill them till they die themselves to any health or other issues, not for our selfish consumption. So she is no longer living with me, but her as well as 5 of my other pretty hens were given away to a coworker with a mother who loves chickens and said she won’t will mine, it’s a farmland so they can finally free range forage and go as far as they wish and not just in my backyard. If she’s still alive and the other hens are doing great and my family gets a nice home with big land then I’d ask for them back and pay them back for caring for them. Currently just have my dad’s wild junglefowl chickens/chicks which we are going to sell some since that’s the plan and some crosses from mine(BLRW or Speckled Sussex)and his junglefowl rooster, still wondering which ones are which because there are some odd colors. Also got two ducklings for my broody duck so she won’t be lonely and she didn’t raise them but now they’re already the same size as her and it’s only been about 1.5 months and now she’s fine hanging with them. Oh yeah, funny enough, I got some more chicks accidentally because I forgot to cancel the order. Soooo I got a silver laced and blue laced Wyandotte, and an Easter egger from Cackle Hatchery, and of course they sent an extra chick and is a rooster, from what the comb looks like. They’re about 2-3 weeks. I was planning to stop raising chickens and look what happened. it’s never ending. ATP I will get my chickens back from my coworker’s mom. I was planning to just sell them once they are 2 months but we’ll see if they behave and do well in my backyard. The junglefowl chicks are troublemakers and fly or creep into my neighbors yard, they’re only lucky a relative lives next door so they don’t get too mad, but it drives ME mad when they do that, sure they can be pretty birds but they are too wild and we don’t live in rural property, if we did then they’d be fine free ranging our yard. Anyways, Henny is doing great, I will also get an update from my coworker/friend.

haha you can take the chickens out of the coop but you can't keep them (or ten or so more LOL) out of your heart! You are a good Mama to do what is best for them while you get back to where you can afford it all and gradually get back in - I guess a little earlier than you planned!!