Please Help With Duckling!

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We have new ducklings (almost full size at 8 weeks) as well as our chickens, and apparently one of those ducklings managed to dislocate his left leg either trying to get into a drinking trough or out of it (not sure which). All I know for certain is that I found him yesterday, exhausted, in the trough. I put him inside under a heat lamp over night and hoped for the best. This morning I noticed he was limping badly, so I took the time to examine him as best I could....I'm not a veterinarian, but I've been around animals all my life, and dealt with a multitude of situations with them. One I've never dealt with is a bird and a dislocated leg. During my examination of him, I determined that none of the bones in his leg were broken, from the toes up to the hip, but I could feel that his hip was out of place. He was eating and drinking somewhat normally.

I'm trying to decide what to do. As I see it, he has 3 options:
1. Join the Cornish-Rocks in the freezer (aka slaughter)
2. attempt to re-locate his hip
3. do nothing and wait until he reaches slaughter weight.

Can anyone help out here? Please?

~T
 
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Amiga said:
I would give him a chance.

I wonder if @casportpony has any resources for this.
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I have no experience with dislocations in fowl, just with fractures. This book might have something:
Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications

Avian Medicine: Principles and Applications
Ritchie, Harrison and Harrison
This highly regarded was developed to provide a definitive reference text that blends the science of health with the art of clinical medicine.
By applying the information presented in the book, the competent avian practitioner will be able to effectively provide the highest quality care for his patients and guide the companion bird client or aviculturist in implementing and effective preventative health programme. Less experienced practitioners can learn basic evaluation, support and surgical techniques while developing an expanded understanding of advanced procedures that can be performed by specialists in avian medicine and surgery.
Avian Medicine: Principles and Application is the essential reference and the most comprehensive why to, when to and how to guide for companion and aviary bird management, medicine and surgery.
These are printable .pdf's: Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader
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Or maybe this one:
Clinical Avian Medicine

Greg Harrison, DVM, Dipl ABVP-Avian, Dipl ECAMS and Teresa Lightfoot, DVM, Dipl ABVP-Avian, have compiled the expertise and experience of 50 international contributing authors (and 50 reviewers) to produce an extraordinary two-volume reference, with over 1000 pages of text and over 1300 color images, for veterinarians and other avian health professionals.
The purpose of the book Clinical Avian Medicine is to provide some highlights of emerging thoughts, techniques and procedures that are currently being assimilated into avian practice.
These are printable .pdf's: Click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader
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for free
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