Sick with worry! HELP!

[LaFleche]

Her right middletoe sure looks out of place, it could be dislocated or broken. Is the skin still intact? Please be careful while examining her toe. Is a vet an option?

Her straining trying to defecate could hint to constipation. Feed her some pieces of cold coconut oil to soften the stool.

And in case she is straining to lay her next egg: An extra tablet of calcium+vitamin D3+vitamin K will help her to pass it.

 

[FlemingFarms]

Yes, that's the toe I think got broken. I've not messed with it because I don't want to hurt her. I'm in rural KY and the local vet doesn't do chickens. Also we're having really bad weather so a longer trip today or tomorrow will be out of the question. I have those vitamins in people form, will that work? I don't have vitamins for the animals.

 

[LaFleche]

I have those vitamins in people form, will that work? I don't have vitamins for the animals.

Yes, people tablets work just fine. How much calcium is it , 500 or 600?

 

[FlemingFarms]

Yes, people tablets work just fine. How much calcium is it , 500 or 600?

It's calcium 600 +D3

 

[FlemingFarms]

Yes, people tablets work just fine. How much calcium is it , 500 or 600?

Also, I tried giving her the coconut oil and she wont eat it. I ended up putting it in her food and she walked away. More pushing and "tooting". Little squirts of white poop dribbling down.She also has a dish of oyster shell in there.

 

[LaFleche]

Yes, that's the toe I think got broken. I've not messed with it because I don't want to hurt her. I'm in rural KY and the local vet doesn't do chickens. Also we're having really bad weather so a longer trip today or tomorrow will be out of the question.

Ok, so to splint the middle toe you could use a piece of metal from a cloth hanger, bending it double and up her leg. Then wrap it with cotton and some adhesive tape to keep the cotton in place.
Gently place it onto her foot, the splint going behind her leg, and put some more cotton padding on top of her toe and front leg and wrap gently to fix it.

 

[LaFleche]

It's calcium 600 +D3

That works great.

 

[FlemingFarms]

Ok, so to spling the middle toe you could use a piece of metal from a cloth hanger, bending it double and up her leg. Then wrap it with cotton and some adhesive tape to keep the cotton in place.
Gently place it onto her foot, the splint going behind her leg, and put some more cotton padding on top of her toe and front leg and wrap gently to fix it.

Ok I'll have to see if we have any cotton. Sure wish it weren't storming right now!

 

[LaFleche]

Also, I tried giving her the coconut oil and she wont eat it. I ended up putting it in her food and she walked away. More pushing and "tooting". Little squirts of white poop dribbling down.She also has a dish of oyster shell in there.

You can sit her on your lap, her head facing to the front, grab some of her beard feathers underneath her beak and gently pull downwards to open her beak. Then quickly put the piece of coconut oil into her beak and let go of her beard and old her beak closed for a moment until she swallows.

 

[LaFleche]

Ok I'll have to see if we have any cotton. Sure wish it weren't storming right now!

You could also use some of these cotton padss to remove eye make up. It is important to have the toe nicely padded before fixing it to the splint.