klb25
Songster
I don't have any advice, but I have a sort of peg-legged hen. She didn't lose her foot, but she can't use it. She hops on it, and gets around just fine. Slowly, but she gets there. She eats and drinks as normal, and no one bothers her. If she gets off balance at all, she gives herself a quick balance and push with her wing. This just happened a couple weeks ago (stray dog attack) but she's already adjusted to it.The woman at the farm store got a batch of chicks and one had some sort of flesh colored thing wrapped around its leg. She took it off but didn’t want to sell the chick to someone incase it died. And the store owner was going to cull it, so she asked me if I’d take it. I said sure, but the foot looks like it’s going to fall off.
I’ve been spraying it with antibacterial pain relieving spray and that’s all. It’s eating and drinking and running around with the other baby chicks.
Not sure what else can be done or if there’s any chance of saving that foot? Or helping it die off faster if that’s what’s going to happen?
And if it does lose it’s foot, does anyone have experience with a peg legged hen? Can a rooster mount it? (I have roosters in my flock)