I went out and checked on the avairy and one of my birds was on the ground, as in laying there injured. She got up and moved, but she cannot use her left leg at all. I got her out of the aviary and had a look at the leg. It is non-responsive. She is fighting fit, healthy and biting hard. Her wings are fine, so I am thinking that she may have broken the leg. She can fly, so she does not appear to have had a stroke, as it is just her leg that is non-responsive, not the left side of her body. She also lost some flight feathers in the catching of her, thus there is a little bit of blood on one wing, but it is unrelated to the leg injury.

 

Vet appointment at 5pm.

 

Here are some pics. Experienced owners and breeders, opionion are welcome.

 

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p125/dm...llness/foot.jpg

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Chances are she may have caught herself on some wire in the aviry and finally got loose.

Other thing is hens have a tendency to have their foot or leg swell around a legring and need legrings cut off. Hens also tend to get a kind fo paralysis associated with egglaying. Have you had any spare unclaimed eggs in the aviary lately ? Does she have eggbum ?

Poor girl. I agree with Kaz. It could be some kind of paralysis

I have had a hen get her leg caught before too and she looked a bit like your hen for a day or so.

 

Good luck at the vets and i hope you get your answers.

Edited January 2, 200916 yr by **Liv**

there have been two eggs layed from a perch, but i am not sure whose they belong to. No sign of egg bum that i can see.

 

Her leg ring is loose

 

She might have got caught on some wire, not sure

there have been two eggs layed from a perch, but i am not sure whose they belong to. No sign of egg bum that i can see.

 

Her leg ring is loose

 

She might have got caught on some wire, not sure

 

If caught on some wire you would see blood. She is showing all the signs of an egglaying issue....may have nothing to do with a broken bone at all. They appear like they have a broken leg at times like these. Warm hospital cage and calcium and they come right in the end...but takes awhile...couple of weeks sometimes.

BUT do see the vet in case of broken bone.

Edited January 2, 200916 yr by KAZ

i have some calcivet, should I administer it to her by syringe, or should i put some in water for her?

i have some calcivet, should I administer it to her by syringe, or should i put some in water for her?

I drop to beak and some in her water. At very least the glucose in it helps give her a boost if in pain.

cool,

 

I will go do that

Well, turns out she has a broken leg. They are going to set it and I will pick her up tomorrow. She will get some quality inside time.

Well, turns out she has a broken leg. They are going to set it and I will pick her up tomorrow. She will get some quality inside time.

Poor baby ...............great that you took her and got it sorted

Tomorrow i am going into the aviary with pliers and wire. I am going to remove anything that could be a problem, snip here, trim there.

You may find the worst offenders are the seed treat things....the wire inside them once eaten down to the wire

The wire in those is thick wire. There is no way to catch on those things.

 

I need to use something to hold up branches. What suggestions do you have?

The wire in those is thick wire. There is no way to catch on those things.

 

I need to use something to hold up branches. What suggestions do you have?

 

Drill holes with thin drillbit and screw on those hook things with fully rounded ends

see SE2

So pleased you found out what was wrong with her.

I hope you find what caused it. it may have been a freak accident.

I am still going to require wire to hand the branches. It is not the attching of the wire I am worried about

Well either way I hope he leg heals soundly and fully!

I am still going to require wire to hand the branches. It is not the attching of the wire I am worried about

 

You just attach it more securely...twist it tighter and cut off excess and pinch any ends together with pliers.

Edited January 2, 200916 yr by KAZ

good thoughts on everything healing properly, she is a beautiful hen.

sorry to hear about the leg Dave, hope that it heals nicely.

okay, Kiwi is home now, chewing at the masking tape that makes up the outside of her "cast" She has another appointment next saturday at the vet, and I am meant to fly to Perth the following Monday, so I am hoping for a veyr fast recovery, or my mother is going to get a crash course on budgies - she offered, and that was the scariest bit. She was the one who actually bought me Hugo, my DF violet rumped dominant pied.

 

Anyway, she is ina new cage with all the perches removed. She is not enjoying it greatly, but she is inside and can call out to the others, so she will be okay.

Good to hear she is home. She could have broken the leg anyway. By landing badly or something. You can still use wire, just be sure to bend it and position it in such a way as to present no threat.

I have some dishes hanging up by a very fine chain, and I am worried that is the way that she injured it. I was unable to today, due to having to celebrate my sister's birthday (pleasure was mine really, i quite like her) so tomorrow I am going to go in and do a clean up and fix some of these things up. Funny things is that I have had a bir break a leg before, and it was not the chain, but rather on some wire that was covering a hole. There is no real way to stop it happening as you said Sailorwolf, it is more about harm minimisation.

if she keeps chewing at the tape you may have to make her a collar, I know there is a post here on the site on how to make a homemade one for a budgie. Hope she is doing well.

She has stopped chewing at the tape.