Rubber bands left on feet of chickens, has grown into legs (PHOTOS)

[FeelingSouthern]

Oh my goodness! Thankfully you came into their lives at the perfect time! The poor dears. Good luck to them!

 

[morgangirl1]

Oh my goodness, thats awful! I hope everything goes okay.

 

[kidchickens]

This post was from a while ago, did your chickens recover fully from their leg wounds? I have a chicken with a similar leg wound and was wondering about how yours managed and how long it took them to heal.

 

[morgangirl1]

How are these guys, still around an happy? Or did other things happpen

 

[Motherhen1605]

I have a 4 mth old that has developed wry neck and just discovered a rubber band imbedded in her leg. It was covered in leg feathers or I would have noticed it before. Wasn’t able to remove the band. Any ideas? It would have been put on when she was a chick I'm asuuming so it would have been one of those small hair elastics! Pour girl!

 

[alinas2010]

I have a 4 mth old that has developed wry neck and just discovered a rubber band imbedded in her leg. It was covered in leg feathers or I would have noticed it before. Wasn’t able to remove the band. Any ideas? It would have been put on when she was a chick I'm asuuming so it would have been one of those small hair elastics! Pour girl!

Hey there welcome to the site! I’m so sorry it is under these circumstances.

This post is extremely old, so I am not sure any of the original posters would be around to help you. If you head on over to the Emergencies/Diseases/Injuries and Cures forum and post your own brand new thread, you will likely get some good feedback. Here is the link:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forums/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures.10/

Be sure to post some pictures of the rubber band embedded in the leg if you can and as many details as you are able to about the wry neck and how long it’s been going on and any treatment you’ve tried already. Let me know if you have any issues getting a thread started and I’ll try to help you.

In the meantime maybe try to start some epsom salt soaks on the affected leg to soften the skin around the band as much as possible and help reduce swelling.

 

[Eggcessive]

Embedded leg bands will cut off circulation and have to be removed by slipping a pointy end of scissors underneath and cutting it out. Soak the legs in warm Betadine, chlorhexidene, E. salts, or soapy water. Apply Neosporin after cleaning the wound. Pictures of the leg could be helpful.