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AnotherMeOhMy
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thank you I will have a look. So far I have just been winging it,successfully by some miricle lol. No pun intended....well maybe a littleYou might want to try her in a chicken sling where she is suspended and she will be off the leg until it heals. Broken bones can take several weeks to form a hard callus or thickening in the juncture of the bones. I know very little about turkeys or splinting broken bones, but here is a good link on splinting bones, a diagram of bones, and information on how long it can take to heal:
https://theiwrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Duerr_Splinting_Manual_2010.pdf
Here is a good link on pictures of homemade slings and chairs:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/
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