First of all, do chickens have ankles?
Friday night when The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird was locking the chickens up in the coop, she noticed Java the Hut’s leg was caught in one of the nesting grates inside our coop. Not only she flopped over on her side but her leg swollen and sticking straight out and she was unable to stand. Her head was a little bloodied and swollen from being pecked at as well. POOR JAVA!!
{Chickens will peck at another bird that is in it’s way or hurt {kind of like kicking someone when they are down}, yes it’s cruel, but that’s what they do.}
So The Girl brought Java inside and cleaned her up the best she could with some warm water. Can you see her missing head feathers? š
We placed some pine shavings in a bin and added some food and water in case she was hungry and then kept her overnight in our bathroom with the light on {it’s the warmest spot in the house, plus it made the HH totally crazy}. These pictures were taken on Saturday afternoon after Java had perked up quite a bit.
When The Girl first found her, her right leg was about twice the size as it is in the above photo. She could not straighten her leg nor stand and we didn’t think she was going to make it.
But yesterday, the swelling went down but she is still unable to walk yet.
I don’t think her leg is broken, just swollen and sprained.
Do you have chickens? Has this ever happened? How long does it take for a chicken’s leg to heal?
And most importantly, the Handsome Husband wants to know when the chicken will be able to move out of our bathroom.
Anyone know?
~Mavis
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