Wow that's exactly what it looks like. I appreciate the response. I found it hard to believe she injured herself inside of box. She's not a broiler chicken but an egg laying hen but I guess this deformity effects them too. Need to decide if I should cull her and get another chick or see if she...
My 4 week old birds leg seems badly injured. I isolated her and tried to splint it with popsicle sticks but it didn't seem to work very well so I pulled it back off and made sure her food and water was closed by. What are the odds she will come back from and injury like this? She's still eating...
One of my 4 week old chicks has the same exact injury in the same spot. We isolated her and trying to bandage it up the best we could. Gonna wait and see if things improve in a few weeks if not. May put her down and get another chick. It's a shame but don't want her limping and suffering her...
Long term eggs was the plan. This is my first go at chickens really wishing I wouldn't of purchased this set up and just built from scratch at this point. Was looking at extending the coop out some more.
Hell I purchased this set up on market place. It came with the run and coop. Currently I'm raising 5 chicks but am worried It may be to small. Previous owner had 7 occupying this set up which seems like way to much to me. Dimensions I believe are 3x5.