- Mar 10, 2012
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[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Last while checking my brooder I found one of my 5 week old buff orpington pullets was down with some the others on top of her. I picked her up and she was holding one leg close. I brought her inside and place her in a box by herself. She was twitching a bit, I gave her chicksaver and some food in her box, once she had taken a little of both I introduced my 2 newest 6 day old buff orpingtons to her, they were very sweet to each other, eventually piling[FONT=verdana, sans-serif] together for the night. She is holding her leg close, her claw seems to have no flexing power, and she hops around holding it close to her body. Not sure what else I can do, she is still taking food and water and her condition seems to be stable. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]here's a close up of her foot[/FONT]
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1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
She's a Buff Orpington 4 weeks old, she average size for her brood not the biggest nor the smallest.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Holding foot close to body jumping around on one foot
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
24 hours
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
no
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
no sign of trauma
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
unknown
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
chick starter and water, she received chicksaver when injury discovered
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Poop is normal
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
isolated, feed and watered
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I will try to treat the bird myself.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
was in 3x4' brooder with 12 other chicks, straw is being used as bedding, they are moving into a bigger brooder this weekend...
Now in cardboard brooder with my 6 day old orps
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]Last while checking my brooder I found one of my 5 week old buff orpington pullets was down with some the others on top of her. I picked her up and she was holding one leg close. I brought her inside and place her in a box by herself. She was twitching a bit, I gave her chicksaver and some food in her box, once she had taken a little of both I introduced my 2 newest 6 day old buff orpingtons to her, they were very sweet to each other, eventually piling[FONT=verdana, sans-serif] together for the night. She is holding her leg close, her claw seems to have no flexing power, and she hops around holding it close to her body. Not sure what else I can do, she is still taking food and water and her condition seems to be stable. [/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]here's a close up of her foot[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, sans-serif]
1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.)
She's a Buff Orpington 4 weeks old, she average size for her brood not the biggest nor the smallest.
2) What is the behavior, exactly.
Holding foot close to body jumping around on one foot
3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms?
24 hours
4) Are other birds exhibiting the same symptoms?
no
5) Is there any bleeding, injury, broken bones or other sign of trauma.
no sign of trauma
6) What happened, if anything that you know of, that may have caused the situation.
unknown
7) What has the bird been eating and drinking, if at all.
chick starter and water, she received chicksaver when injury discovered
8) How does the poop look? Normal? Bloody? Runny? etc.
Poop is normal
9) What has been the treatment you have administered so far?
isolated, feed and watered
10 ) What is your intent as far as treatment? For example, do you want to treat completely yourself, or do you need help in stabilizing the bird til you can get to a vet?
I will try to treat the bird myself.
11) If you have a picture of the wound or condition, please post it. It may help.
12) Describe the housing/bedding in use
was in 3x4' brooder with 12 other chicks, straw is being used as bedding, they are moving into a bigger brooder this weekend...
Now in cardboard brooder with my 6 day old orps
