Please help my baby chick

[Hokiechick]

One of my baby Rhode Island Reds has a swollen right leg. It hobbles when it walks, and the other chickens were pecking it. It looks like maybe its out of place (?) I don't know if she was dropped or what happened.

Is there any way I can help her?

 

[Hokiechick]

Okay, so I checked the chick over carefully, and she has a broken bone. It's so bad it's sticking out the very top of her leg.

I made sure to clean the area and covered it...I can't set it back because it looks like it's been broken for a while...I'm not sure how that happened unless my mom dropped it the other day when she was holding it. I put her in a separate container with food and water, and she was eating and drinking last time I checked. Do you think she'll be okay?

 

[clairabean]

I am so sorry.

No, I don't think she will be ok. Even if it heals she will forever have problems. Infections... limping... pain. Sorry, but if it were my chick I would put her out of her pain.

 

[Tiramisu]

I saw a thread a while back, i think a leg was broke. They put it in a wire cage and used a pair of underwear to sling the bird up so no weight would be put on it. I will try to find it, they also bound the leg up so it would stay straight. Birds have hollow bones, so they will not heal well like our bones.

 

[Tiramisu]

Here it is https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4898386
Hope this helps.

 

[clairabean]

Hows is the wee one today?

 

[Hokiechick]

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She's at peace. I decided to put her down. She was sorta eating and drinking, but mostly just laying around. I'm not sure if she would have gotten better or not, but maybe it's for the best. If it hadn't been a compound fracture and I had noticed it was broken before the skin has started healing around it, I think we could have done more, but I didn't have the heart to just watch her get weaker. I didn't think of it but she had been sitting off to herself for a few days prior and the other chickens were picking on her last night before I removed her from the brooder. I should have known something was wrong.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

I am so sorry for your loss.

 

[WingingIt]

I think you made the right decision. You didn't let her suffer in pain.

 

[clairabean]

I am sorry.