[pawsnclaws]

acctually have just been back out there and her wing looks dropped so thing she might have roken/damaged her wing  does that mean a one way stop to the vets

[jo40]

Hello

I have recently been looking into ex bats, when I read a bout the rescue it stated that they treat broken wings etc, so from that I would guess it is treatable.
We had a fox attack recently and I noticed one of mine had droopy wings for a few days after, I assume it was the shock.

Jo

[death of rats]

It may well not be broken, it could simply be pulled muscle or strained muscle. If you have a sensible vet then broken wings are treatable because the chicken does not need the winf to fly if it sets weaker then there is not the same problem as a flying bird, if you see what I mean.
Good luck with her.

[dizzylizzie]

hi, we have 6 ex-bats ...and we,ve had 2 with broken wings. the first one was strapped up and the vet was not very hopeful, even saying they would probably have to amputate because of where the break was....well she is fine now. she had also popped her leg out, and its the limp that is causing more problems than the wing!But even tho she is limping she managed to jump up on the sofa last night to beg for pizza . our other chicken Dorey, did not have it strapped up and she is having problems with her wing. its healing badly and i think she may have infection in the bone- she is feeling very sorry for herself . she is eating, sunbathing, scratching around and doing chickeny things, but her wing is no where near as good as willows. of course it dosent help that she is at the bottom of the pecking order and the others keep jumping on her :blink:. Anyway....if you dont know how to deal with the wing, i would pop her to the vets...although it would have to be your call because she has had a massive trauma, and taking her to the vets will stress her out more.

[pandora]

I had a little Silkie cockerel once who looked in a very bad way after next door's dog went on the rampage in my garden  but with a bit of rest and quiet he recovered very nicely. He had a droopy wing initially, but that sorted itself out with a bit of time too. Muscles take a while to heal.

[dizzylizzie]

thats so true...willows leg is taking much longer than the wing to heal!...i hope she is ok for you it could be just the shock. fingers crossed x

[pawsnclaws]

can you give chickens homeopathy might give her some arnica

[dizzylizzie]

ive used arnica gel..ive also used rescue remedy to calm them down, you can give them baby calpol for pain aswel

[pawsnclaws]

really oh might give her some for a couple of days what dose do you give where do you get this info want to read lol

[8doubles]

I hope the terrier is looking suitably guilty, do you think it`s got the message that the chooks are part of the family.

[pawsnclaws]

nooo it is not his fault it was me being tired and forgetful the dog has been brought up as a puppy to be a rat dog i did tell him off but he was only doing what is natural 

[DD.]

I've merged the two threads as this is a continuation of the first.