Rescue Guinea fowl in need of help

[alexthefarmlady]

Today I went to the feed Store And saw this guy not walking his right leg looks broken he can’t walk on it and it kinda looks twisted any advice on to help this baby

 

[Wickedchicken6]

View attachment 1768026 View attachment 1768028 View attachment 1768029 Today I went to the feed Store And saw this guy not walking his right leg looks broken he can’t walk on it and it kinda looks twisted any advice on to help this baby

It appears that he may have slipped the tendon at the back of that joint. If you feel across the back of the joint, you can usually feel the tendon on the side of the joint. Can you feel the slipping tendon? If that is the case, the tendon can usually be slipped back into place at the back of the joint. Likely it will not stay in place without bandaging and even then, on an adult bird...it may not stay in place.

It looks like it may be a fairly fresh injury, the leg/joint are not swollen badly.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Is this what the guinea looks like? There are some good videos showing this situation.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/8-week-guinea-with-slipped-tendon.888325/

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Here are a few sites that explain this condition further. It is important to note that this is usually a condition where deficiency is involved. Do you happen to know the age of this guinea?

http://www.poultryhub.org/health/disease/types-of-disease/leg-and-skeletal-problems/
https://thepoultrysite.com/publications/diseases-of-poultry/220/slipped-tendon-perosis
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...es-in-poultry?query=slipped tendon in poultry

However, I have had a full grown 2-year old rooster that had this happen when he was jousting with another rooster.

 

[alexthefarmlady]

Is this what the guinea looks like? There are some good videos showing this situation.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/8-week-guinea-with-slipped-tendon.888325/

Yes exactly that

 

[alexthefarmlady]

Here are a few sites that explain this condition further. It is important to note that this is usually a condition where deficiency is involved. Do you happen to know the age of this guinea?

http://www.poultryhub.org/health/disease/types-of-disease/leg-and-skeletal-problems/
https://thepoultrysite.com/publications/diseases-of-poultry/220/slipped-tendon-perosis
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poultry/nutrition-and-management-poultry/vitamin-deficiencies-in-poultry?query=slipped tendon in poultry

However, I have had a full grown 2-year old rooster that had this happen when he was jousting with another rooster.

I believe he or she is a little over a month old not old at all

 

[Wickedchicken6]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/guinea-keet-recovering-from-slipped-tendon.1111836/

Here is a thread about a keet with a slipped tendon. Post three explains what the prognosis from their vet was. Your guinea is still young and this looks like it hasn't gone on too long, it has those two things going for it. But it is much larger than a keet and it's harder to rehabilitate larger birds that are afflicted with this. This will not be news that you'll want to hear.

From my experience, you may want to evaluate the quality of life this bird will have. You can take your keet to a vet, but doing so may be prohibitively expensive and the result may not involve success. You can attempt to stabilize the tendon by wrapping/taping the tendon into position if you feel confident in doing this yourself and see if it can be successful. If the guinea is having an awful time to get around and attempts to repair/heal the guinea are not successful, euthanasia may be the kindest option. Please know that I do not suggest this lightly. Perhaps others will have positive experiences and advice.

 

[R2elk]

The one additional piece of information is that perosis (slipped tendon) can be due to a thiamine and niacin deficiency. This is actually not unusual in chain feed stores where they feed the keets chick starter which does not have the levels of lysine, methionine and niacin that keets need.

If the tendon can be stabilized in place, it is beneficial to provide a vitamin B complex mixed up at the rate of 1/2 tablet or capsule per one gallon of water. It will contain the B vitamins niacin and thiamine that will aid in the recovery. The solution should be the only water available to the keets and should be made fresh daily. It can be given to all the keets present, not just the injured one.

 

[alexthefarmlady]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/guinea-keet-recovering-from-slipped-tendon.1111836/

Here is a thread about a keet with a slipped tendon. Post three explains what the prognosis from their vet was. Your guinea is still young and this looks like it hasn't gone on too long, it has those two things going for it. But it is much larger than a keet and it's harder to rehabilitate larger birds that are afflicted with this. This will not be news that you'll want to hear.

From my experience, you may want to evaluate the quality of life this bird will have. You can take your keet to a vet, but doing so may be prohibitively expensive and the result may not involve success. You can attempt to stabilize the tendon by wrapping/taping the tendon into position if you feel confident in doing this yourself and see if it can be successful. If the guinea is having an awful time to get around and attempts to repair/heal the guinea are not successful, euthanasia may be the kindest option. Please know that I do not suggest this lightly. Perhaps others will have positive experiences and advice.

I just wanted to show a better picture of it. no videos on how to put it back into place I tried but I’m so very scared