Can you straighten her toes out without too much pain? I would make a foot splint with padding to uncurl the toes. Something L-shaped, padding, and some vet wrap would do it. Homemade would work, cardboard, or something like the picture below. This is common with a nerve injury I think.
https://i.etsystatic.com/23340738/r/il/456b00/3332518564/il_1588xN.3332518564_khi7.jpg
Agree. You can buy those foot splints on Etsy from a guy who keeps ducks and has a 3D printer.
 
Thank you. Will do. Her upper leg looks kinda torn into and the skin is peeling away.
I know it's weird for me to say this...But that cut isn't bad itself. What could be worse is the internal damage that the hawk caused. My hen had a gash that was worse than that when a roo slashed his spur into her side when mating😳 All we did to heal the gash was to apply Vetricyn and then hen healer after that:)
 
I’m also a bit worried about the way she stands on her foot.
Patience.

Time.

Room to walk/move around as she decides.

Her keeping the foot closed may be the most comfortable position for her at this time. As she heals and slowly moves about, likely she will hold the foot in a more natural position and use it.
 
Can you straighten her toes out without too much pain? I would make a foot splint with padding to uncurl the toes. Something L-shaped, padding, and some vet wrap would do it. Homemade would work, cardboard, or something like the picture below. This is common with a nerve injury I think.
https://i.etsystatic.com/23340738/r/il/456b00/3332518564/il_1588xN.3332518564_khi7.jpg
She didn’t feel anything when I straightened her toes out.
When I woke up this morning, she had it uncurled and ‘normal’, and she was putting a decent amount of weight on it.
 
I know it's weird for me to say this...But that cut isn't bad itself. What could be worse is the internal damage that the hawk caused. My hen had a gash that was worse than that when a roo slashed his spur into her side when mating😳 All we did to heal the gash was to apply Vetricyn and then hen healer after that:)
Glad to hear she recovered!!
 
That is good that her foot was uncurled. It might be better then to watch to see if it curls under and just straighten it out if it is flexible.
She didn’t feel anything when I straightened her toes out.
When I woke up this morning, she had it uncurled and ‘normal’, and she was putting a decent amount of weight on it.
 

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