Hi Scott, Chicks can and sometimes will turn cannibal if they are over crowded. As for you injured pullet I think you have done the right thing. If you can't see any injury I would just leave her alone. She may or may not recover the use of her leg. In either case she could grow up to be a good hen. There are lots of one legged chickens.
Ol' George
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, Monkey Problems <monkie.problem@...> wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Last while checking my brooder I found one of my 5 week old buff
> orpington pullets
> was down with some the others on top of her. I picked her up and she was
> holding one leg close. I brought her inside and place her in a box by
> herself. She was twitching a bit, I gave her chicksaver and some food in
> her box, once she had taken a little of both I introduced my 2 newest 6 day
> old buff orpingtons to her, they were very sweet to each other, eventually
> piling together for the night. She is holding her leg close, her claw seems
> to have no flexing power, and she hops around holding it close to her body.
> Not sure what else I can do, she is still taking food and water and her
> condition seems to be stable.
>
> I have attached 2 recent photos....
>
> here's a close up of her foot
> [image: Inline image 1]
> Mahalo
> Scott
> - Keaau HI
> http://monkeyproblems.com/ (Raising Chickens and creating websites that
> are found)
>
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