Help! Found a poor chicken that fell off a poultry truck

[EmmaDonovan]

Hello! He/she has been doing good! It’s really gotten used to me and and is so sweet . My only issue is still its right leg. Still limping a little so I’ve been wrapping it and stuff. Also, sometimes I can hear it wheezing. Does anybody have any suggestions on his feeding? I feed him 3 times a day. Starter feed so it’s easy to digest.

Thank you for the update, I'm so glad things are going well!

 

[mrskenmore]

I think it is bumblefoot but a mild case of it. There was brownish stuff on its toes as well but now both his feet are clean and clear except on the middle of his right foot.

Here are some great bumblefoot articles- keep us posted! You're doing great and we are all routing for Peabo!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/my-1st-bumblefoot-encounter.75399/

https://the-chicken-chick.com/bumblefoot-causes-treatment-warning/

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Good sourcing.

 

[Bawkbok]

I don't see where anyone addressed the wheezing breathing. Is he still doing it? Could it be dust? Does he have any discharge from his eyes or nares? Hopefully it's not a respiratory disease. If you have Vet Rx, that might help. It can be purchased at TSC or feed stores.

Otherwise, most of us use Tylosin for respiratory issues which can be purchased here:

https://jedds.com/search?type=produ...&options[unavailable_products]=last&q=tylosin

 

[Cjcyndi]

I don't see where anyone addressed the wheezing breathing. Is he still doing it? Could it be dust? Does he have any discharge from his eyes or nares? Hopefully it's not a respiratory disease. If you have Vet Rx, that might help. It can be purchased at TSC or feed stores.

Otherwise, most of us use Tylosin for respiratory issues which can be purchased here:

https://jedds.com/search?type=product&options[prefix]=last&options[unavailable_products]=last&q=tylosin

He mostly does it when he poops and when I pick him up and sometimes after taking a few bites of food

 

[Cjcyndi]

Hello friends! So Peabo has been doing very well in regards to walking! But I noticed he looks a little different. I will post before (when I first got him) and after (how he looks now) pics. I feel like his chest is protruding too much. It could be his crop since he’s developed a little differently but his neck looks much more sunken in and his wings droop. I thought it was because of the heat but it’s been in the 50’s the past 2 days. I feel like he maybe dislocated something but how since he’s by himself safely in the dog kennel.

 

[tillybilly]

Poor baby...hopefully she makes it, the egg/meat industry must be such a miserable life for these poor things to endure.

 

[Chicken_Obsesser]

Sweet Peabo!! We're rooting for you!

 

[Seaslug]

I see what you mean. Is there anything he really likes to eat that you could hold out and just a bit above him? Will he extend his neck if there is something that he is interested in? It is hard for me to tell if his body is out of line or he just has he neck so recessed into his body the rest of him looks off. I am just throwing things out, so please, don't think that I am speaking with any authority... could he be chilled at all? He almost looks as though he is puffed up and sunk into his feathers. I hope he just has a case of the Mondays (I think I do) and all is well tomorrow.

 

[NatJ]

I am just throwing things out, so please, don't think that I am speaking with any authority... could he be chilled at all? He almost looks as though he is puffed up and sunk into his feathers.

I was thinking the same thing.

I thought it was because of the heat but it’s been in the 50’s the past 2 days.

Chickens do spread their wings one way in hot weather as they pant, and they huddle in with their feathers fluffed in cold weather. So if his pose changed a bit as the weather changed, it might just be his way of dealing with the temperature. But if you are seeing matching poses in both hot and cold weather, it more likely points to something else.

In general, that body posture goes with a chicken that doesn't feel good (that overlaps with being cold, because being sick or hurt will often make a chicken feel cold too.)

One way to check if he feels cold: provide a warm area and a cool area and see where he chooses to spend time. Something like a heat lamp in one corner of a big area would work as well with a chicken of his age as it would for young chicks, letting the bird choose the temperature where it feels comfortable. (Not saying you need to do this, just that it is one possible way to check what temperature the chicken likes, and whether the body posture is temperature-related.)