Here is her leg, it has taken a sharp turn for the worst.
I don't know what to do here- I've never dealt with something like this. I don't know if her leg needs to auto amputate or what but this doesn't look good to me. The black has spread further up her stump. When I examined her further, I noticed the crack above her knee. I think this may be to underuse. I have been bending her joints daily, but today is the first I've noticed this, even though it must have looked like this for at least a week and I didn't notice. I saw it and I just said oh shit Rosie.
I cut away as many feathers as I could to get a better look, flushed it with alcohol, and packed it with ointment. I don't know what else to do, if someone could offer some insight I'd appreciate it.
I really want to give her a chance but I don't think this is looking good. I feel like I've done everything I can, and she has been improving in spirit the last few days as you can tell in the one video. She has been standing to eat and drink, whereas most of the time she lays to feed. She has been more mobile as I've been locking most of the flock in the run and letting her out with the bantams only.
I took all of this as a good sign but now I'm wondering if euthanasia would be more humane. It sucks because this means her last couple of months would have been lived in pain, and now I feel like I should have just euthanized to begin with, I don't know what I did wrong.
Some insight would be really nice, I'm tearing myself up wondering what to do. Does this look like it might auto amputate or is she declining?
Thank you everyone for your knowledge and support thus far, I'm sorry I need to ask for more, I was hoping to have better news.
Video of her eating some raw egg yolks (her favorite):
Video of her leg:
Photos of the swelling at her joint and the break above the knee:
