Chick with a crooked leg

[Sandi630]

Hi - I am hoping someone can give me some advice as to what may be going on with one of my little ones.

I came home from work today and noticed one of chick's legs is crooked. The bad leg toes out and her hock seems swollen. I tried to "roll" the tendon to see if it is out of place with no luck. I could feel the tendon above her hock and it seemed to go straight down like the normal leg. It doesn't seem to be bothering her. She looks like she's limping a bit but that leg is a little shorter then the other due to the angle.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Sandi

 

[joe17]

Are the other harassing her? I would isolate her if soo. If not, use the band aid technique to keep her standing straight. Hopefully someone else jumps in and explains a bit more!!

 

[Sandi630]

No one seems to be harassing her and she is eating and drinking fine. I've seen the bandaid technique on other posts but I thought that was for when both legs are "splayed."

 

[ebear82]

Is it a newly hatched chick? I had one that came out of its shell with a leg that was almost pointing backwards, and after about a day it was totally fine. I think it was just really twisted in the shell. But if yours is older, I'm no help...sorry!

 

[joe17]

The band aid technique will help any chick stand up or keep there legs straight. You can use of for a variety of things.

 

[TheReidHomestead]

You said the tendon wasn't slipping, but do a search on "slipped tendon" and see if that sounds like the problem. We recently had a chick with this problem and a week with it's leg wrapped in vet tape and it was totally fine. Maybe try that technique instead of the band-aid technique if it's not helping.

Tamara