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chickens really said:
Possibly jumped off a Roost and landed wrong...Chickens heal quickly.....
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That's great to know. I live in an apartment and the chickens are at my parent's house. Right now they have a chicken in their basement (no garage). Fortunately she's been a fairly quiet patient.
 
Interesting. I was worried about her trying to climb/jump/roost and hurting it more. When I took her out of the coop after finding her injured she was roosting on the edge of one of the nesting boxes. She couldn't get up to the roosts.
 
Good point. She seems to be doing well so far so I hope it won't come to that. I'll stick her back outside tonight. She doesn't seem to have any other symptoms besides the limp & her beak has been glued and doesn't seem to have an affect on her eating/ drinking.
 
azygous said:
Do you see any light green or grey bruises on the leg she favors? If there's swelling, is it worse?

You can give her a baby aspirin in the mornings and at night and that will help with the pain.

Take this time she's in the tote to train her to respond to treats. It will make it easier to handle her. Use something like dry cat food or Cheerios or meal worms, the last one being the very best treat, for the lessons. Use a verbal cue as you offer her a single treat in your hand.

Then follow that with offering the treat in a closed hand, opening it to reveal the treat. This will be useful when you need her to come to you but you haven't had time to find any treats. Keep using the verbal cue.

Soon she will come to you when she sees a closed fist and hears the verbal cue. I teach my baby chicks using this method and they are coming to me willingly by age two weeks. As they grow, they always stand perfectly still and permit me to pick them up when they hear the verbal cue. A bit of training sure makes life easier.
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That's great advice! I just started clicker training my girls. Use black oil sunflower seeds or mealworms as treats.

It started with just fun -- trying to get them to tap on a toy xylophone. But now ever time they hear the clicker, they come running.

Two of the girls became super skittish during their teenage phase. But I'm getting them used to being touched & picked up again.
What a joy!!
 
Chickens are ridiculously easy to train to audio and visual cues. I wish I had caught on sooner. I, too, used to chase my first chicks around the run, trying to get them rounded up and put into the coop when they first moved out of their brooder. :he Sometimes the chicken learning curve moves too slowly, so I enjoy helping shorten it for folks.

I have a clicker. I think I'll see if the chickens want to get trained to it. Should be fun. They're always up for games and treats.
 

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