I have a week old EE chick with a slipped tendon, I'm afraid we didn't catch it soon enough, because it seems too short to snap back in place, I'm so sad!!!!
Any advise on getting back in place, and to stay put, we tried last night and wrapped it, but then it got more swollen and its foot...
I have a week old EE chick with a slipped tendon, I'm afraid we didn't catch it soon enough, because it seems too short to snap back in place, I'm so sad!!!!
Any advise on getting back in place, and to stay put, we tried last night and wrapped it, but then it got more swollen and its foot...
I have an almost week old EE with this same problem, I'm having a hard time finding much on treatment, other than popping it back in place, but it already has shortened too much for that.
I wish I had known what it was when I first noticed, I'm just so upset.
I first noticed it a few days ago, but it didn't seem bad, and thought it was something minor that it would recover from. It has progresivly gotten worse. After reading and examining its leg, it is deffinenty a slippen hock tendon. It is way shorted and to the side, and swolen. I trided poping...
I have a 3 day old americauna chick.
Has slept alot ever since hatched, but had been getting around fine the first few days, but always tended to fall to over to one side and then fall asleep. but it has progessivly gotten worse. Now he hardly tries to walk at all, and the one leg (that he...
Is doing much better this morning, but still find walking hard, legs are still in egg position when sitting, while the other is running around like crazy.
Pipped about 15 hours ago, hatched just a few hours ago. Still has yolk/vessel unabsorbed. Breathing and trying to move a little but still stuck in egg position. Still wet and sticky looking.
He did have a harder time moving to zip the shell, but I think he did pip the right end.
There is a...