Broken leg maybe please help!

[Tmartin7711]

Hello everyone! My mystic onyx hen Calypso got locked in the garage and I believe stepped on a rat trap. I feel horrible I didn't even notice she went in. Her symptoms are:
Laying on side
Limping
Swollen foot
I have been giving her water with electrolytes in it but I think I need to wrap it but of course it needs to be placed correctly. Can someone help?

 

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@azygous @Wyorp Rock @Eggcessive do you guys know what to do? (You most likely do! )

 

[M-H-Fielding]

Hello everyone! My mystic onyx hen Calypso got locked in the garage and I believe stepped on a rat trap. I feel horrible I didn't even notice she went in. Her symptoms are:
Laying on side
Limping
Swollen foot
I have been giving her water with electrolytes in it but I think I need to wrap it but of course it needs to be placed correctly. Can someone help?

Give her some calcium in water.

 

[Tmartin7711]

Give her some calcium in water.

There is calcium in her electrolyte water. Should I just strictly do that?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Calcium alone won't fix a broken bone.

Is a vet an option?

 

[azygous]

Splinting is probably a good idea. But first, run your finger tips along that "bend" in her hock and see if you feel any bone tips wanting to poke through the outer tissue. If you do detect this, this is compound fracture and you need a vet to properly set the bones.

If the hock feels smooth without detecting any bone fragments, it's likely a hairline fracture and splinting can be done by you. You will need some flat short tongue depressors, found in the crafts department at Walmart if you're in the US.

First, wrap the leg at the point of the break with a soft cushiony material such as a roll of gauze. This will protect the leg from abrasion by the sticks. Then line up the sticks on the outside of the gauze cushioning and wrap with Vetrap elastic bandage to hold the sticks in place.

Be very careful the wrapping is firm but not tight. If it cuts off blood circulation due to being too tight, she could lose her foot. Then a broken leg will seem like nothing in comparison. For this reason, the leg should be unwrapped every day to check for swelling and lack of circulation to the toes.

 

[Tmartin7711]

Splinting is probably a good idea. But first, run your finger tips along that "bend" in her hock and see if you feel any bone tips wanting to poke through the outer tissue. If you do detect this, this is compound fracture and you need a vet to properly set the bones.

If the hock feels smooth without detecting any bone fragments, it's likely a hairline fracture and splinting can be done by you. You will need some flat short tongue depressors, found in the crafts department at Walmart if you're in the US.

First, wrap the leg at the point of the break with a soft cushiony material such as a roll of gauze. This will protect the leg from abrasion by the sticks. Then line up the sticks on the outside of the gauze cushioning and wrap with Vetrap elastic bandage to hold the sticks in place.

Be very careful the wrapping is firm but not tight. If it cuts off blood circulation due to being too tight, she could lose her foot. Then a broken leg will seem like nothing in comparison. For this reason, the leg should be unwrapped every day to check for swelling and lack of circulation to the toes.

Thank you for the help. There are no points and luckily I have experience with broken bones. I'll wrap her and post a picture.

 

[Tmartin7711]

As I was looking at the bottom of her feet she has scabs. Could she have bumble foot?

 

[azygous]

It appears she's had a superficial injury on the bottom of each foot, but it doesn't appear either is infected. I suggest not doing anything about it right now except to keep an eye on it. It probably will contiue to heal on its own. If the light colored scab on the foot darkens and begins to swell, then you will need to treat it.

 

[Tmartin7711]

It appears she's had a superficial injury on the bottom of each foot, but it doesn't appear either is infected. I suggest not doing anything about it right now except to keep an eye on it. It probably will contiue to heal on its own. If the light colored scab on the foot darkens and begins to swell, then you will need to treat it.

Thank you for all your help. Her food is wrapped I just forgot to take a picture. She is in a dog cage sleeping right now with food and water. I'll unwrap her food tomorrow, clean it, and rewrapp it.