Thank you all for your support, and valuable information! It is a very sad situation.
I called our local vet's office for any hope of getting it fixed. They said i could treat it with an inflamitory and maybe the swelling would got daoen and I could pop it in, in a couple of days. My...
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Thank you so much for all your help, it has been greatly appreciated! And the pics and quick responses were a bonus!! Thanks again, I think we know what we need to do!!
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do you think I could treat the area with antibiotic? Or do you think the infection will just slowly over take the chick without shots and probably penicillin? What do you think the percentage is? Cull or not to cull?
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DH did as instructed, puss came out of the inflamed area. He said it did not feel like the tendon went back in???? Oh my what a mess! Scared to death I am! He said he tried stretching the leg 4 times and felt nothing...now what? Should I wait till tomorrow and see if it is doing...
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I hate to ask you to, but if you wouldn't mind? I want to have to do it once and make sure that I do it right! Will I hear it go back in place? God I'm going to hate making that chick cry!!!
But if it will help it, I hope I don't stress it out and dies!
Or maybe me go into...
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I don't know if it is broken or a tendon problem... let me take a couple of pics for you with it laying on it's back so you can see just how curved it is. Is that okay?
Well I tried the whole pipe cleaner trick, and I'm pretty sure that it is not going to work. Today the joint is all swollen up and the chick is holding the foot straight up in the air. I think maybe it is broken or something and I imagine the only way to fix it will be to rebreak it....and...
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It was not real clear on how to pop the tendon back in place, so I don't even want to try. In fear of hurting it further. I'm going to try the pipe cleaner method, does anyone think this would help? And how long do I leave it on there?
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Do you think I need to separate him? And do I tape them together like a saw in the magazine? One pc. of tape connecting both legs? Will he hop around or do I make it loose enough for him to be able to practice walking? Can you tell I have never had this happen?
Here are a few pics. He can not stand upright so he uses my hand as a support. I feel so sorry for him (if it is a him). I just want him to be okay...help help??
Okay, on my second hatch I hatched out some Jersey Giants. One had a very hard time getting out of the shell. It took forever! Finally it got out and now it has a leg problem.
It can stand up on one leg just fine with a tilt, but it holds the other leg striaght out. If you were to tie a...