North Carolina

[ramirezframing]

Now all I have to do is get my husband to take a 3hr ride for chickens......

or hatching eggs lol, if you go you'll have to look us up as Beth and I are also going (I think)

 

[rbaker0345]

I will look you up. Are you a member of Cape Fear Poultry Club?

 

[ramirezframing]

nope not a member of anything

 

[Hollowoakfarm]

Good Morning, Happy Chicken People!


On my latest hatch, I had one weak chick with a misshapen head, one with a slipped tendon, and after investigating one that peeps All. The. Time. I've come to the conclusion that it's blind. The three are different breeds. It's distressing to put down chicks, as you all know. None of my husbands snakes will eat birds either, so it's a waste in many ways. I just told him he has to get one that will!


In other news, hubby informs me that while he was spreading a truckload of sand in the barn lean- to yesterday, he thoughtlessly left gates open. I nag my cityboy hubby about gates continuously, but he just doesn't remember. So, Levi got into the pasture with chickens and turkeys.


And ignored them.


I'm both frustrated with my gate-forgetful man and pleased with the pup.


Enjoy your day, everyone!

Don't put down the slipped tendon chick!  Its easy to fix.  You draw the chicks leg up, all the way under their body, then you stretch it out straight behind them and the tendon should jump right into the appropriate groove.  It may take only one rep or you may have to do this several times, but I've never had it fail.  

I'll give that a try, then. S/he's a couple days old now. Will it still work?

I will look you up.  Are you a member of Cape Fear Poultry Club?

There's a Poultry Club? Do they have a website?

 

[rbaker0345]

Yes, it should work, you may have to do it a couple times a day for several days, but it seems to be the magic bullet for slipped tendon.

 

[rbaker0345]

Cape Fear Poultry Assn. : http://www.capefearpoultryassociation.embarqspace.com/

You probably live close enough to actually make it to the meetings.

 

[BHep]

Now all I have to do is get my husband to take a 3hr ride for chickens......

There will be a flock swap @ Onslow feed and grain, Richlands.. WAY closer to you. On March 23rd.

 

[ramirezframing]

Fix Slipped Achilles Tendon in Hock Joint

• Use to treat Slipped Achilles Tendon (tendon that runs down through the groove on the back of a chick's hock has slipped out of place off to the side). If a leg has this problem, the joint will look swollen and the back of the hock will look flat (Compare to other leg to double-check). The chick can't straighten its leg if this is what's wrong with it.
• Gently pull the upper part of chick's leg a bit behind normal position and then carefully straighten the leg as though chick were stretching its leg back. The tendon should pop back into place pretty easily and cause little if any pain.
  • Some sources recommend pushing the tendon back in place just by pressing with your finger. However, stretching the leg back is a much less painful method.
• Swelling on hock:
  • If infection is part of what is causing joint to swell, you will find pus. Recovery would be very difficult and the chick should probably be put down.
  • If it is just caused by displacement, swelling will go down in 2-4 days.
• Put the chick in a Chick Chair and/or put its leg in a cast (such as one made from a drinking straw) for a few days (~5) while re-alignment stabilizes.
  • It is important that the legs not be able to touch the ground at all. The chick needs to hang with them bent and be discouraged from using its legs until the tendon has stretched and adjusted back to the right place and shape.
• Note: It may take a few days for the groove to be fully developed on a young chick and you may have to fix the tendon more than once.
• If there is pus in the joint,
• [More info needed.]

 

[rbaker0345]

Fix Slipped Achilles Tendon in Hock Joint

• Use to treat Slipped Achilles Tendon (tendon that runs down through the groove on the back of a chick's hock has slipped out of place off to the side). If a leg has this problem, the joint will look swollen and the back of the hock will look flat (Compare to other leg to double-check). The chick can't straighten its leg if this is what's wrong with it.
• Gently pull the upper part of chick's leg a bit behind normal position and then carefully straighten the leg as though chick were stretching its leg back. The tendon should pop back into place pretty easily and cause little if any pain.
  • Some sources recommend pushing the tendon back in place just by pressing with your finger. However, stretching the leg back is a much less painful method.
• Swelling on hock:
  • If infection is part of what is causing joint to swell, you will find pus. Recovery would be very difficult and the chick should probably be put down.
  • If it is just caused by displacement, swelling will go down in 2-4 days.
• Put the chick in a Chick Chair and/or put its leg in a cast (such as one made from a drinking straw) for a few days (~5) while re-alignment stabilizes.
  • It is important that the legs not be able to touch the ground at all. The chick needs to hang with them bent and be discouraged from using its legs until the tendon has stretched and adjusted back to the right place and shape.
• Note: It may take a few days for the groove to be fully developed on a young chick and you may have to fix the tendon more than once.
• If there is pus in the joint,
• [More info needed.]

That's the stuff.

 

[rbaker0345]

There will be a flock swap @ Onslow feed and grain, Richlands.. WAY closer to you. On March 23rd.

Oh, really? Do you find this info on Craigslist or is there somewhere else to look?