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Those looks like the rubber bands I had to wear when I had braces on my teeth

Splayed legs and crooked toes are associated with long pip to hatch times.All bones are very soft and pliable while the chick is still inside the egg but once outside air is introduced thru pipping the countdown starts. As time progresses the bones starts to stiffen up and become less and less...

How long was it between the egg first pipping and the peachick fully out of the egg? I imagine it took awhile,possibly longer than 24 hours?

I'll get some pics this weekend during my next hatch-a-long. Hopefully the power won't go out again and everyone will come out okay.

Well the one peachick that I used for the pictures is now 100%. The other IB still is shaky on one leg but it does not point out like it did. The bronze pied is much,much better but still has tape on his toes so it cannot yet get up and toodle around.

Zaz,this proves beyond any doubt your a pealover to the fullest extent and meaning of the word. It would be so easy for anyone to just walk away from peachicks that do have issues such as this.Many of us here know too that this is but a small window of oppurtunity given to us each year to...

This first happened to me when I was still dumb and bought tons of shipped fertile eggs. It's obvious what the problem is with the chick so it only seemed natural to try and get the legs where they should be long enough for the ligaments and muscles to line up correctly. Some chicks will...

Minx,,yes into the brooder for a few days so it doesn't get picked or pecked on by others.

If you do this the way I have, the paper will keep the peachick in a natural position with the flat side of the paper as the base. Be sure to staple the rear end of the chick in a horizontal way,then fold the excess paper over towards the peachicks back,then use tape to hold it down.Here you can...

Next is the neck end and this has to be tight or the chick can get enough wiggle room to get out of the paper sleeve. Depending on how big around the excess paper is,determines if I put a staple on the bottom and top,or just on the bottom. Rememeber we're not going for comfort here,but to keep...

The next part is to make the paper roll as tight as possible around the peachick so it does not wiggle free. I use a paper stapler and shipping tape. I first squeeze the paper down right behind the peachicks rump, then slide the excess newspaper into the stapler and put 3 staples across the...

Here is the open end of the head side of the chick roll-up.

What your basically trying to accomplish is stuffing a sausage inside a toilet paper roll and keeping it secure.Once you think you have achieved this it's now time to check and be sure the peachicks legs are still under the body of the chick.If it has managed to wiggle them behind it's...

Next is to actually roll the peachick up in the newspaper.It is easiest if you lay the chick in your hand with about 3" of newspaper on one side of the chick that you can flip over it's back,then tuck and begin rolling towards the longer end of yet unused newspaper.

Now comes the fun part. The object is to keep both legs under the body of the peachick,as if in a natural position when it would be sitting. I place the chick in the middle of the papers width. You must have room on both ends to secure the newspaper and to properly restrain-restrict the...

I then cut strips of newspaper about 6" wide and about 12" long.

Many may just decide to put the peachick down. But as I have done in the past, if you spend a little time and effort you can have the chick up to normal in about 2 days or less. The main objective is to act quickly. Waiting more than 24 hours sometimes can be too late on getting toes straight...

We all hope it never happens but sometimes it does. Right around pipping time is when the legs and toes begin to start to stiffen up and become less pliable,so to speak. That being said, once the egg is pipped hopefully it shouldn't take more than 24 hours and it's out and doing great. But if it...