Metacam

One of my girls is limping aroung, she must of sprained it or something when they were running about,  shes not putting weight on it, prefering to stand on one leg but will then walk but obviously with a limp.   One of my other girls was like this last yr and i just left her for a couple of days and she was fine,   I was just wondering, i have some Metacam in the house that was left over from our dog and i was wondering if i could give her abit on a piece of bread for pain relief, anti inflamatory.    nickyx

Hi Nicky
Hope your hens leg is ok.  Don't know about Metacam as I've only used it for dogs.
Hopefully by tomorrow it will have improved a lot.
Carol

Oooh, no sorry - didn't mean to imply you should overdose her, of course - rather that it would be alright given for a couple of days while her leg heals rather than a course of treatment over a week or two (as was prescribed for my little hen by the vet).
Just wonder though... I suspect it might work in the same way ibuprofen does for humans in that its anti-inflammatory effect is cumulative so that you need to keep administering it for 2-3 days before it has a full effect?

Hi Nicky
Hows your hen this morning?  Which one is it - not your new one I hope.

That's great that she's looking better.  Hope the chasing has stopped! 
Carol
 

hubby and i just had another look at her and now im concerned its Bumble foot,   the pad is swollen and also the base of the leg going down into the toes is swollen too,  theres no obvious signs of a scab, ive done a bit of googling and many of the piccys show a black scab,  its a soft swelling too not hard atall.   Gonna take her to the vets in the morning just to be on the safe side,   i dont know wot it is with me and animals, i always seem to get the rough ride with them                nickyx