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Help with leg injury - video but not disturbing.

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Meet our feathered friend, a sweet hen in need of a little extra TLC! Rescued from a local woman who couldn’t provide the care she needed, this lovely lady came to us with a suspected broken leg and some open wounds from lying on the ground for far too long. After a week and a half in her previous home, she struggles to stand, keeping her legs tucked up close to her body. To help her on the road to recovery, I've crafted a harness to keep her off her legs and makeshift splints to gently stretch them out. In this video, you'll get a glimpse of her journey.
Help with leg injury - video but not disturbing.
Help with leg injury - video but not disturbing.

I got this hen from a local woman who couldn’t care for her. I’d like to try my best to rehabilitate her. She said she came home and the hen appeared to have a broken leg it was all sprawled out. She had her for a week and a half injured before I got her. I believe she’d been laying on the ground for that time and could not stand even on her seemingly non-injured leg. In this video she has no wrap or splint and she keeps both her legs way up to her chest and when she is on the ground they stick out in front of her. She has open wounds on her elbow joints where she was laying like that.

I now have her in this harness 24/7 to keep her off her legs and have makeshift splints to keep her legs stretched out. I’m wondering if anyone has had a chicken do this and what might have helped? I’m really hoping she can make it through and walk again she’s so stinking sweet.

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