Please Help!3 day old chick w/noodle legs Pictures included** UPDATED

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Oh my, poor baby looks like it has a serious infection. Do you have any antibiotics (Baytril , tetracycline, doxycycline - i always have some available for emergencies with my canaries) that you can put in water and perhaps get it to swallow some? Also try giving some sugar water to give the guy some energy. My guess is the foot was traumatized cutting off the circulation and now infection has set it.
 
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I didn't see anything wrapped around it, and it's wet in the picture because I was running cool water over it's leg. This chick was a very VERY sticky chick when it hatched and had to be assisted out of the shell and cleaned off because it kept sticking to the bottom of the bator. Right now its poo is green and runny. If it has an infection how did it set in so fast?? It was fine yesterday and even this morning at 7 am.
 
So I wrapped its leg after my initial post and now that leg seems fine and the other is red right at the joint (almost like internal bleeding) and the foot is starting to swell. Still drinking water like a champ, but just laying there. It wiggles over to the water using its wings to crawl forward. I feel so awful, I have no idea what's going on. I'm going to try wrapping both leg with vat wrap and see what happens.
 

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