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https://youtube.com/shorts/f7ImBsyhM0U Thank you for the welcome! Here is a video of the chick today. At times the chick can stand still once it catches balance, but very hard for it to walk. It seems to be making some progress because in the beginning, it would just flop around and couldn’t...

My 2 day old chick wasn’t walking and always had it’s wings out. After reading many posts, I realized it most likely had double slipped tendons. I believe I got them popped back into place and wrapped his legs. Since both of them are wrapped, I don’t know whether I should lay it in the brooder...

After reading some other posts, I think it may have a slipped tendon. Can anyone tell by looking at the picture of its legs? And if that is what is going on, is it easy to pop the tendons back into place?

I’ve been giving it water from a syringe. It will also drink if I put its beak in the water. I’ve fed it a little bit of egg yoke (I read on here to try that with a sick chick) to see if the protein would help. I’ve now noticed it won’t extend its legs. I can gently extend them for it, but it...

It just pooped and it is bright green.

I honestly don’t think it has even pooped. At least not while I’ve watched or held it.

Here is a picture of what it is doing. It’s wings are always out like this and his feet are constantly on top of them.

I have a chick who is about a day old. It is not acting like the other chicks that have hatched. It constantly has its wings spread out (and drooling) and can only bring them in when I gently hold them in. The chick cannot walk, it just wobbles around. And when it tries to walk, it trips over...