Rooster Injured Baby Chick's Leg, Now it's Limping

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

We put vitamin E on the joints of the leg.

Neosporin is fine for chickens as long as it doesn't have pain relievers in it. Aparently anything that ends with "caine" is bad for them.

 

[birdlover2]

We put vitamin E on the joints of the leg.

OK Well I guess all you can do now is wait. Have you seperated the chick from the others?

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

OK Well I guess all you can do now is wait. Have you seperated the chick from the others?

Yes, we have but it doesn't like being alone. A pic of the leg with vitamin E.

 

[birdlover2]

Yes, we have but it doesn't like being alone. A pic of the leg with vitamin E.View attachment 2299315

Were the others pecking at it? If not you could at least give it a chick or two to keep it company. There may be a muscle or tendon inside there, or maybe even a bone, that could be twisted or bruised somehow. If the limping continues for a few days I would bring it to a vet if you can afford it and there's one in your area.

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

Were the others pecking at it? If not you could at least give it a chick or two to keep it company. There may be a muscle or tendon inside there, or maybe even a bone, that could be twisted or bruised somehow. If the limping continues for a few days I would bring it to a vet if you can afford it and there's one in your area.

We put a see-through separation since the other two chicks we have were too energetic and running at it. Hopefully it will get better by tomorrow.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I think I would leave the chick with the others, it's moving around fairly o.k. in the video.
See how it is tomorrow.

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

This is how it looks today. It hardly wants to eat or drink but I have been syringing water on top of its beak and it has been consuming it. It also ate a little food. We will be taking it to the vet today because it is clearly in a lot of pain. Could it possibly be a broken hip? Or has the chick sustained internal injuries?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Hard to know what happened there. Hopefully the vet can sort it out, please keep us posted.

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

I gave it some scrambled egg and it devoured it. Now its strength is coming back. It's feeling better.

 

[Bantam Trick Chickens]

Here is a picture of how it is sitting now.