> 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

> Ginny 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 ...

> Ginny 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 ...

>> 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.

> 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...