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| enigma |
 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 4:43 am |
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i hauled the Barred Rock roo to the vet this morning. he has
a broken hock (stupid goat!).
obviously the sensible thing to do with a broken roo is
euthanize, but no... he's home again with a splint on his leg.
he's eating & drinking well & has only a residual bit of
wheeze from his cold, which doesn't concern the vet at all.
if anyone has suggestions for getting a one legged chook back
to pearching, i'd like to hear  i suspect he will need to
figure out how to balance, which may be easier now that the
hock is stabilized.
lee
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| enigma |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:27 pm |
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Ginny <glvl88@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote in
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Quote: enigma wrote:
i hauled the Barred Rock roo to the vet this morning. he
has
a broken hock (stupid goat!).
obviously the sensible thing to do with a broken roo is
euthanize, but no... he's home again with a splint on his
leg.
he's eating & drinking well & has only a residual bit of
wheeze from his cold, which doesn't concern the vet at
all.
if anyone has suggestions for getting a one legged chook
back
to pearching, i'd like to hear i suspect he will need
to figure out how to balance, which may be easier now that
the hock is stabilized.
Don't let him roost! Leave him on the ground for at least a
month. It is jumping down that will stress the break and it
won't heal.
well, he's in a crate now & the 'roost' would only be an inch
or so off the floor.
as it is currently, he's not really getting his good leg
under him, so he tends to lean on the bad side. he did manage
to move himself around in the crate after we got back from the
vet, so he was facing away from the food & water. when i
turned him back around (i was showing the kid how his leg was
splinted) he attacked the food. silly roo!
lee
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| Ginny |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:06 pm |
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enigma wrote:
Quote: i hauled the Barred Rock roo to the vet this morning. he has
a broken hock (stupid goat!).
obviously the sensible thing to do with a broken roo is
euthanize, but no... he's home again with a splint on his leg.
he's eating & drinking well & has only a residual bit of
wheeze from his cold, which doesn't concern the vet at all.
if anyone has suggestions for getting a one legged chook back
to pearching, i'd like to hear i suspect he will need to
figure out how to balance, which may be easier now that the
hock is stabilized.
lee
Don't let him roost! Leave him on the ground for at least a month. It is
jumping down that will stress the break and it won't heal.
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Ginny - in West Australia |
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| Ginny |
| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 7:46 pm |
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enigma wrote:
Quote: Ginny <glvl88@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:13ullob29o4us10@corp.supernews.com:
enigma wrote:
i hauled the Barred Rock roo to the vet this morning. he
has
a broken hock (stupid goat!).
obviously the sensible thing to do with a broken roo is
euthanize, but no... he's home again with a splint on his
leg.
he's eating & drinking well & has only a residual bit of
wheeze from his cold, which doesn't concern the vet at
all.
if anyone has suggestions for getting a one legged chook
back
to pearching, i'd like to hear i suspect he will need
to figure out how to balance, which may be easier now that
the hock is stabilized.
Don't let him roost! Leave him on the ground for at least a
month. It is jumping down that will stress the break and it
won't heal.
well, he's in a crate now & the 'roost' would only be an inch
or so off the floor.
as it is currently, he's not really getting his good leg
under him, so he tends to lean on the bad side. he did manage
to move himself around in the crate after we got back from the
vet, so he was facing away from the food & water. when i
turned him back around (i was showing the kid how his leg was
splinted) he attacked the food. silly roo!
lee
Sorry I had visions of roost as in 4ft off the ground. He is still
better without any roost that he has to curl his foot around or step
down from. He'll be fine on ground level for a month or so.
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Ginny - in West Australia |
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| Ginny |
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:42 am |
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enigma wrote:
Quote: Ginny <glvl88@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk> wrote in
news:13ullob29o4us10@corp.supernews.com:
enigma wrote:
i hauled the Barred Rock roo to the vet this morning. he
has
a broken hock (stupid goat!).
obviously the sensible thing to do with a broken roo is
euthanize, but no... he's home again with a splint on his
leg.
he's eating & drinking well & has only a residual bit of
wheeze from his cold, which doesn't concern the vet at
all.
if anyone has suggestions for getting a one legged chook
back
to pearching, i'd like to hear i suspect he will need
to figure out how to balance, which may be easier now that
the hock is stabilized.
Don't let him roost! Leave him on the ground for at least a
month. It is jumping down that will stress the break and it
won't heal.
well, he's in a crate now & the 'roost' would only be an inch
or so off the floor.
as it is currently, he's not really getting his good leg
under him, so he tends to lean on the bad side. he did manage
to move himself around in the crate after we got back from the
vet, so he was facing away from the food & water. when i
turned him back around (i was showing the kid how his leg was
splinted) he attacked the food. silly roo!
lee
Just talked to my niece who is a vet nurse and she says 'small cage, no
roost or anything higher than ground level for at least a month'. The
idea is eat, rest and sleep, no exercise period.
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Ginny - in West Australia |
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| enigma |
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:19 am |
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"Jill" <news@NOSPAMkintaline.co.uk> wrote in
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Quote: Ginny wrote:
as it is currently, he's not really getting his good leg
under him, so he tends to lean on the bad side. he did
manage to move himself around in the crate after we got
back from the vet, so he was facing away from the food &
water. when i turned him back around (i was showing the
kid how his leg was splinted) he attacked the food. silly
roo!
lee
Just talked to my niece who is a vet nurse and she says
'small cage, no roost or anything higher than ground level
for at least a month'. The idea is eat, rest and sleep, no
exercise period.
Can you try him something more like slats in the floor of
his 'room'? Something which would enable him to get a grip
of which might give him the ability to get his leg better
positioned underneath him. It would have to be trial and
error, and careful watching but it might help.
slats might be a good plan. that would keep him from sitting
in droppings as well (well, more than being on shredded paper
anyway).
he seems much more comfortable with the splint.
lee
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| Jill |
| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:10 am |
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Ginny wrote:
Quote: as it is currently, he's not really getting his good leg
under him, so he tends to lean on the bad side. he did manage
to move himself around in the crate after we got back from the
vet, so he was facing away from the food & water. when i
turned him back around (i was showing the kid how his leg was
splinted) he attacked the food. silly roo!
lee
Just talked to my niece who is a vet nurse and she says 'small cage,
no roost or anything higher than ground level for at least a month'.
The idea is eat, rest and sleep, no exercise period.
Can you try him something more like slats in the floor of his 'room'?
Something which would enable him to get a grip of which might give him the
ability to get his leg better positioned underneath him.
It would have to be trial and error, and careful watching but it might help.
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regards
Jill Bowis
Pure bred utility chickens and ducks
Housing; Equipment, Books, Videos, Gifts
Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery
Working Holidays in Scotland
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