Turkey Chick With Broken Leg. Help!

[CherryAdventure]

Hi. So, yesterday afternoon, my turkey chick got attacked by the male turkey, and I'm 99% sure it's leg is broken. It's the upper left leg, and the rest of the leg is just dangling. It can hop, but not with out falling every four hops, and it sits kind of on it's side. I'm not sure if there are any internal injuries, but I'm assuming so, as I had to run around the pen trying to get the male to drop it.

Apart from the broken leg, it's acting fine?... I'm not sure what this means. I've never had anything like this before.

Can I do anything about this, or am I just extending it's suffering by keeping it alive?

Any help is greatly appreciated. x

 

[casportpony]

Hi. So, yesterday afternoon, my turkey chick got attacked by the male turkey, and I'm 99% sure it's leg is broken. It's the upper left leg, and the rest of the leg is just dangling. It can hop, but not with out falling every four hops, and it sits kind of on it's side. I'm not sure if there are any internal injuries, but I'm assuming so, as I had to run around the pen trying to get the male to drop it.

Apart from the broken leg, it's acting fine?... I'm not sure what this means. I've never had anything like this before.

Can I do anything about this, or am I just extending it's suffering by keeping it alive?

Any help is greatly appreciated. x

Sorry about your turkey... When you say upper leg, which bone do you mean?

-Kathy

 

[CherryAdventure]

The one that sits beside his body. His thigh I guess.

 

[casportpony]

The one that sits beside his body. His thigh I guess.

Which bone as shown here:


-Kathy

 

[CherryAdventure]

Oh. His femur then.

 

[casportpony]

Oh. His femur then.

I haven't had much luck in getting those to heal, but you could try.
https://theiwrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Duerr_Splinting_Manual_2010.pdf

-Kathy

 

[CherryAdventure]

Okay. Thank you.

 

[casportpony]

Okay. Thank you.

good luck!

-kathy

 

[casportpony]

Search for "splinting chicken femur" and maybe you'll find better info. Maybe @SpeckledHills , @TwoCrows , @Eggcessive , @speckledhen , or @Chickerdoodle13 will have some suggestions?

-Kathy

 

[speckledhen]

Sadly, I've had experience with only one broken leg, but it did not present like a leg fracture so I won't be much help on this one. I've tried to splint slipped tendons, but never had other experience with actual fractures.

Here was my story about a Belgian D'anver bantam: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ds-to-death-in-pullet-caution-necropsy-photos