Hi Robin, Couple of years ago we had an 8 wk old female break her back leg. OSU tried pins and plates, but the cria bone is like balsa wood and it just splintered again. They recommended putting her down. We did and just 3 days later, Anthony Stachowski told us that it was unnecesary. In our case it wasn't splintered to begin with and he said that it should have just gone in a sling for a few weeks.
Yours may be worse because it's a spiral. BUT.....just a few weeks later we came across a farm in New Zealand with an amputee that was successful. Here's the link to their site. I've also since heard of a couple others in the US with back legs amputated.
It's definately an option to weigh.
Good luck and please let us know how it goes.
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