wounded leg not sure whats wrong need HELP

[micstrachan]

Poor girl. If she’s not moving to feed and water, I would bring it to her. Set up her own personal supply nearby.
My hunch is she is really sore from something... maybe jumping down off something? Are you willing to try a little plain killer and see if that makes her a little more mobile? She might like being suspended in a sling for a bit. Have you seen those?

 

[Latestarter]

I applaud your effort and hope that you can improve her life. She is one very elderly girl and may be suffering from a combination of arthritis and may have strained/pulled a muscle/ligament in her hip on the bad side. From what you've described, I don't think she's suffering a LOT of pain... It seems to me she's just getting too weak/worn out to maintain mobility. Best of luck with her going fwd. Sorry I don't have anything of real value to offer in the form of help or suggestions.

 

[BarnDoorClosed]

I have more updates. I took her out this morning and she pooped in front of me and there were worms in it, looks like a long spaghetti noodle kinda like dogs would have. I wormed yesterday with ivermectin paste so its working! Can worms cause lameness? I also gave her a 81mg asprin on toast to see if that helps!

 

[BarnDoorClosed]

Poor girl. If she’s not moving to feed and water, I would bring it to her. Set up her own personal supply nearby.
My hunch is she is really sore from something... maybe jumping down off something? Are you willing to try a little plain killer and see if that makes her a little more mobile? She might like being suspended in a sling for a bit. Have you seen those?

I have food and water close by for her within reach and I also stand her up several times a day to make sure she eats and drinks, and she does.......sometimes I wonder if she eats and drinks for me to make me happy so I will go away lol

 

[BarnDoorClosed]

I wanted to add an update in case my experience helps someone else who has the same or similar issue. Its been roughly a month now since my hen mysteriously came up with a wounded leg. I kept her confined for the time and treated her for worms and leg mites. I still have no idea what actually happened but I will tell she started out hobble walking and using her wings to move instead of the hurt leg, which tired her out very fast understandably. She now can walk without using her wings and she is slow and hobbles slightly still with that leg and isn't able to use her feet to scratch.But she is walking around now none the less and we will take that! She never chose to give up, maybe because i took her out many times a day and I was her legs for her scraping back dirt, moving logs to find bugs and I learned how to be a darn good chicken in the process as well!! Over the last month I was giving her 81mg aspirin daily. The first 2 weeks I gave her 2 81mg twice a day(she is a big hen) and the last 2 weeks I dropped back to 2 81mg just in the morning. When she started coming to the door on her own wanting out i slowly dropped the aspirin back more to where now she gets none and is doing fine with her hobble slow walk. Watching the last few days I have noticed my Roo, being young and horny, seems to like her the most and since he is a Bantam when he mounts her he actually stand on her back legs while doing his deed, I think he may have hurt her legs by doing this so often. That's just my opinion of course but since i keep him away from her she has been much happier!! So overall I still only let her out when I am there to keep an eye on her so the roo leaves her alone and so the ducks don't aggravate, they are quite the butthole to chickens who cant run away and try to lay on them and squish them! The slow hen still has a lot to herself at night but I bring her out daily to visit everyone else and she has a fenced yard to find all the bugs and grass she wants, My special needs girl is doing great with mamas continued help. Thank you everyone who stopped to read and leave comments. I am very appreciative for all of you and hope this post can help someone in the future. As long as the bird has the will to live do not give up on her!!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Thank you so much for giving us an update and outlining your course of treatment!

I'm glad to hear that she has improved. Do you have done great job taking care of her, it sounds like she is happy.

 

[Eggcessive]

Thank you so much for the update on your sweet elderly hen. It is amazing that she still lays egg at 9 years old. You have taken such good care of her, and I am glad that her legs are healing.

 

[BarnDoorClosed]

Thank you so much for the update on your sweet elderly hen. It is amazing that she still lays egg at 9 years old. You have taken such good care of her, and I am glad that her legs are healing.

Thank you! During the summer she still averages 5 to 6 eggs a week!! Definitely been a very good hen. She was the first one I gave a name to and for sure my baby! However long she has left I will tend her and give her the best possible. The second oldest hen i have, named chicken and her buddy Guinea are both older than Annabelle by a year. Chicken tries to lay but gets egg bound and Guinea lays when she wants to sit(doing currently) and I have to catch her and throw away the eggs since they aren't fertile. Guinea has layed roughly 40 eggs in 3 nest this year and that amazes me at her age!!