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    Chick with broken leg

    This is what was on the chick.
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    Chick with broken leg

    There was also I little plastic tube in between the legs. I have looked online and see that this is a treatment for splayed legs in chicks. The breeder did not tell us about this!
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    Chick with broken leg

    I examined and found a small hairband wrapped around the chicks legs. I was able to get it off, but it had cut into the tissue on both legs. It is not a hair band that we would have. Is this something that breeders do? Do chickens get tangled up in things like this?
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    Chick with broken leg

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    Chick with broken leg

    When picked up and placed on the surface the chick quickly picks up the foot when it touches the ground, then hovers it above the ground.
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    Chick with broken leg

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    Chick with broken leg

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    Chick with broken leg

    Hello. I recently got two 8 week old vaccinated silkie chicks. One of them appears to have broken a foot. It is not bleeding or swollen. It wobbles because it tries to not stand on the foot. It can still eat and drink. I don't think the leg is paralyzed. I am wondering if there is a way I...
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