5 day old chick leg issues

[morgan2163]

This lady hatched 4/12. We picked her up 4/13. I think it was her who had middle toe stuck in between 2 flaps of cardboard on way home, not positive.
She had curled toes, we taped that day. Didn’t notice the leg issue. But had been told to address foot issue first.

Any ideas what’s with her left leg? My son thinks the joint near wing is swollen, tried to get the best pics. Her middle long toe is still a little off, should it still be taped?

Thanks!!

 

[coach723]

I can't tell for sure, but it may be a slipped achilles tendon in the hock joint. I will give you a couple of links with information and a video that shows the tendon moving in and out of place. Sometimes it's fixable, sometimes not. It should be attempted as soon as possible or it can become a rotated femur which would require surgery to try to fix.
Scroll down here to "fix slipped achilles tendon in hock joint": https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[morgan2163]

I can't tell for sure, but it may be a slipped achilles tendon in the hock joint. I will give you a couple of links with information and a video that shows the tendon moving in and out of place. Sometimes it's fixable, sometimes not. It should be attempted as soon as possible or it can become a rotated femur which would require surgery to try to fix.
Scroll down here to "fix slipped achilles tendon in hock joint": https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

thank you! I’m picking up nutridrench today, will be trying both. She’s a fighter, so I’m hoping this works!