Pheasant with twisted leg. Please help! Last attempt to save him.

[Pippypheas]

Hi, I’ve got a pheasant chick who I thought had spraddle leg, he was hobbled for 4 days and then was able to walk. I noticed when he was about 2 weeks he was twisting in the body over to one side and since then his leg has deteriorated badly. He’s now nearly 4 weeks and his leg sticks out at an angle and now the leg almost bends at the hock the wrong way. I cannot see that the tendon is out of place, the leg feels like it’s twisting out from the hip joint. I can bend it back in to the correct position but the chick cannot take any weight and collapses. He has not been growing or feathering out as well as the others. Is there anything I can do or is it kinder to put him to sleep?
He has been given vitamins / minerals and he has perked up a lot but no improvement to the leg.
Sometimes if he tries to run the leg actually goes back and up in the air above the wing!

 

[Eggcessive]

There are a number of leg bone issues, such as varus valgus and twisted tibia leg bone deformity, which get worse as they grow, and slipped tendon or splay leg, which is seen earlier. This looks like a twisted tibia or leg. There is no treatment for leg bone deformities. I doubt if anything can be done to fix it. You could let the chick try to get around on his own, and see how it goes, but it may not get enough food and water. Here are some articles with info and pictures to help understand this:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/leg-health-in-large-broilers#:~:text=Common leg problems observed in heavy broilers&text=Valgus (VVD), crooked toes,skeletal pathologies causing leg problems.

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...ctious-skeletal-disorders-in-poultry-broilers

 

[Pippypheas]

There are a number of leg bone issues, such as varus valgus and twisted tibia leg bone deformity, which get worse as they grow, and slipped tendon or splay leg, which is seen earlier. This looks like a twisted tibia or leg. There is no treatment for leg bone deformities. I doubt if anything can be done to fix it. You could let the chick try to get around on his own, and see how it goes, but it may not get enough food and water. Here are some articles with info and pictures to help understand this:
https://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/leg-health-in-large-broilers#:~:text=Common leg problems observed in heavy broilers&text=Valgus (VVD), crooked toes,skeletal pathologies causing leg problems.

https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...ctious-skeletal-disorders-in-poultry-broilers

Thank you for answering x

 

[Eggcessive]

You’re welcome.