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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    CletikKatt and cktomczik, I hesitate to give too much advice... this was our first experience and we were over our heads - it is all a bit of a blur now. We mostly followed the advice of D C T from this site: http://www.voy.com/194762/. He (or she?) is also the one that suggested that it was...
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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    Here is a video of the chick during her 12 hour shift with no foam/tape. She is still having trouble keeping her balance, but is doing better. She is beginning to pick up on the idea to lift her feet as apposed to waddling. She has perked up a great deal since we put her with two of the other...
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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    We received a reply from DCT. Sounds like I misunderstood the leg taping. I am waiting to hear back with more info later, but it sounds like the lower legs are actually taped so that they are right next to each other and the foam extends past either side of the hock to prevent the legs from...
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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    Just an update for the future reference of others and in case anybody has any input that can help us along :) Our chick is 8 days old now and todays was the 6th day with a hobble. There has been very little, if any, improvement. Below are pictures taken today (after 6 days in a hobble)...
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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    The sandal seems to be working to keep her foot in the correct position and the hobble is still on. She can stand on her own, but not for very long. We are giving her food and water pretty much every 2 hours or so - we listen for her and use the other healthy chick as a loose guide. She will...
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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    Thanks for the encouragement Nicole. It helps :) We went ahead and put another sandal on the foot. I was wrong, it is the same foot that was originally curled under. The sandal seems to be working good so far. The chick is standing, but is having to readjust now with the sandal - so not...
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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    I should add that her foot that did not have the tape-sandal looks a bit off. Her inside toe is in and close to the middle toe and the back toe is folder under her foot. I can't get a good picture of the feet, but it looks roughly like the drawing below. I'm thinking we need to make another...
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    Splayed leg, EDIT: twisted tibia

    My wife and I took in a chick with splayed legs (from a local kindergarten classroom hatch) to see if we could help get her going. We found out about her on day 2 after hatching. Her toes on one leg were mostly curled under. The toes on the other leg were mostly "normal." Her legs were of course...
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