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Woodburner
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Mutton
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As far as we know they are secure against weasel but not rat at night. They freerange during the day. At night they are in part of an old wooden stable block and the rats can run in up at the eaves. We are working on a program of eradication and blocking. They are anyway due to be moved to a concrete shed chicken hut as soon as we have the time to finish the work.
However the chicken are up on a perch and we are fairly low on rats at the moment and this sort of injury has not happened before in our about 5 years of chicken keeping in the same place - so might be rat, might not, interested to know that they could cause this sort of injury.
All that said, any suggestions on how to treat the wing?
He/she is doing fine, stuffing itself on corn, limp is a little better. The wing is a little better - to be a little more detailed, the main wing is no longer drooping at the shoulder and elbow, it is just the last bit of the wing from the "wrist" where the red hole is that is drooping. We were currently leaving it to droop so the wound stays open and dry and less likely to get infected. Are wondering about supporting the wing, splinting things, but as s/he is otherwise strong and perky it would be a wrestling match.
Also don't know if we should splint it bent, or splint it straight. |
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Leo
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Mutton
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Leo
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