It is best to isolate the sick chicken to prevent aggression from others.
Silky cliches tend to be flighty, so keeping it in a small space could help
heal. Also, a limping chicken might have trouble getting to food and water in
competition with others.
Setting up a cage where the hurt chick
If you have other chickens, I would isolate the sick chickens both to protect
them from being picked on by the healthy chickens and from the healthy ones
from getting sick.
Marcie
Dr. Giles Siddons DVM at Lexington Vet Associates works with chickens.
Address
511 Waltham Street
Lexington, MA
Dr. Giles Siddons DVM at Lexington Vet Associates works with chickens.
*Address*
511 Waltham Street
Lexington, MA 02421
tel: 781-862-1127
fax: 781-862-9012
i...@lexingtonveterinary.com
Good luck!
Robin Rawls
On Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 9:36 AM Meghan Mahon wrote:
> We just recently got four
We just recently got four silky chickens (now 4 weeks old) from a farm. One of
the chick’s legs looks to have gotten hurt and is walking with a limp. I have
called a few vets but none thus far deal with “exotic” animals.
Any thoughts/ suggestions on best ways to get help would be greatly
