Thank you for your concern I'm happy to report that she is doing very well- it seems to have healed completely! I did give her a b complex vitamin for two days. I won't ever know if that helped or not but figured it couldn't hurt. Turns out she's my favorite chick- so glad she made it.
Thank you for the response! I'm hopeful it is only a sprain as you and Lozuufy have suggested. I'm not seeing the leg in a twisted or abnormal position which appears promising :) It's been about 16 hours and she's still limping but she is eating well and drinking (she's separated from the others...
I have a week old bantam chick that had been doing well. She has been able to hold her own very well with the regular size chicks all week. Last night I held her to remove her from the brooder (and all the chicks) in order to clean the brooder. When I placed her back into the brooder she was a...