Baby chicken with bad leg

[cragainat]

Hi, I have a baby chicken with a bad leg. It turns away from the chicken. Its having issues walking and I'm scared it's going to die. What should I do? How can I fix it? Thanks.
UPDATE: Baby chicken died.

 

[cragainat]

It's also only one leg.

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[cragainat]

 

[cragainat]

Someone help!

 

[LavLady]

Looks like spraddle leg.

I will edit to include a link to a thread about how to fix this if I can find it, but the technique is pretty simple.

Edited to add: http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html

Get the legs stationary and use a band-aid to tape the legs near each other (not too close, you want the legs to be in a normal standing position.) the bird will have to hobble around for a while and will look funny but in a few days when you remove the bandage you will most likely find that the spradle has corrected itself. It is up to you but I never use spradle or club footed chicks (even if they recover) as breeders. I mark them with a certain color band so as not to forget. They often times end up looking no different than their clutch mates.

Good Luck! Your chick is lucky to have someone who cares about it.

 

[cragainat]

Thank you so much! I will put the band-aid on the baby chicken today. Thank you once again.

 

[LavLady]

Well, it should be about time to pull the band-aid off. How is your little chickie?

 

[cragainat]

Hello, thanks for asking sadly the chick stopped growing. We started hand feeding it then it passed away in my hand thanks for asking though. I have 6 baby healthy silkies left

 

[LavLady]

Sometimes that is nature's way. glad you have some other fuzzy butts to keep you entertained!

 

[cragainat]

Yeah! The others are starting to get feathers and are getting cuter by the minute! Thanks for your help i realy appreciated it.