Severely broken leg on juvenile turkey

[AnotherMeOhMy]

I will thanks again

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

Well, I’m not blaming you that you don’t know

Thanks lol

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

Hi all here are some pics of Turkey Burger today that I just took.

Please keep us updated on how she gets along, and good luck.[/QUOTE

For some reason it wont let me post the pics I took tonight.

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

Got it

 

[333113]

I have a Houdan hen who was injured by a raccoon earlier this year. Her leg was broken above the toes, and my vet suggested putting her down. However, she did not seem to want that. She was active and eating and drinking. I told myself that I would hold off on the vet's offer until she started to look like she was in too much pain or stopped eating and drinking. After three months, she ended up completely losing her foot and part of her leg, but at about four months had recovered to the point that she is laying again. At seven months, her leg is healed over, so there is pink skin over the break. Basically, she has a drumstick left.

During her healing time, I kept her in a small cage, about 18x24 inches, on a deep bed of loose straw, with food and drink easily reachable. I did not use any medication. I opened the cage from the top and lifted her up with a hand under her belly to change her bedding. She moved around the cage quite a bit on her own the whole time she was healing, but I think that the straw helped her bed down more comfortably than a solid floor would.

So, now, I have a one-legged chicken, in a 3x4 foot cage by herself, next to other chickens. She is a great layer, she hops all around and is foraging on her own, she roosts on a slightly higher platform in her cage, and she seems to be enjoying her life. I don't think I will put her in with the other Houdans, because I am worried that they will injure her. I have artificially inseminated her, and I have fertile eggs in the incubator. I am looking forward to having more chickens with her fortitude and survival instinct, and her good egg-laying ability.

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

I have a Houdan hen who was injured by a raccoon earlier this year. Her leg was broken above the toes, and my vet suggested putting her down. However, she did not seem to want that. She was active and eating and drinking. I told myself that I would hold off on the vet's offer until she started to look like she was in too much pain or stopped eating and drinking. After three months, she ended up completely losing her foot and part of her leg, but at about four months had recovered to the point that she is laying again. At seven months, her leg is healed over, so there is pink skin over the break. Basically, she has a drumstick left.

During her healing time, I kept her in a small cage, about 18x24 inches, on a deep bed of loose straw, with food and drink easily reachable. I did not use any medication. I opened the cage from the top and lifted her up with a hand under her belly to change her bedding. She moved around the cage quite a bit on her own the whole time she was healing, but I think that the straw helped her bed down more comfortably than a solid floor would.

So, now, I have a one-legged chicken, in a 3x4 foot cage by herself, next to other chickens. She is a great layer, she hops all around and is foraging on her own, she roosts on a slightly higher platform in her cage, and she seems to be enjoying her life. I don't think I will put her in with the other Houdans, because I am worried that they will injure her. I have artificially inseminated her, and I have fertile eggs in the incubator. I am looking forward to having more chickens with her fortitude and survival instinct, and her good egg-laying ability.

That is a beautiful and encouraging story! Thank you. What us her name?

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

The new pics I uploaded from last night is Turkey Burger. She looks like a vulture.
Im feesing her organic oatmeal I made. And some yogurt.
I have started to set her up in the cage dir short periods of tims so she doesnt feel trapped. She us content there and lives to sit in the blanket.

 

[Eggcessive]

Thanks for the pictures. She looks content and sweet. If you have a balanced chicken or gambird feed, you can mix a bowl of that to an oatmeal consistancy with a lot of water. Poultry Booster, a vitamin/mineral supplement can be added to food daily.

 

[ShannonR]

Thanks for the pictures. She looks content and sweet. If you have a balanced chicken or gambird feed, you can mix a bowl of that to an oatmeal consistancy with a lot of water. Poultry Booster, a vitamin/mineral supplement can be added to food daily.

X2 on the gamebird or turkey feed!!

 

[AnotherMeOhMy]

Thanks for the pictures. She looks content and sweet. If you have a balanced chicken or gambird feed, you can mix a bowl of that to an oatmeal consistancy with a lot of water. Poultry Booster, a vitamin/mineral supplement can be added to food daily.

Thank you. She does seem comfortable.
I will check the feed store for the suppliment and stuff. We are put of feed as of last night anyway so planned on getting some before I head home tonight.