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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    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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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: 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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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: 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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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: 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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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    stupid stupid question, how will i know when it is back in....will the leg just dangle properly? OMG I'm probably stressing you out too!
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: 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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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Good luck, let me know if you need more!!!
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: uploading right now, i wish you lived closer so I could just bring him to you!! So inexperienced with injuries...I'm glad you are on here!!
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: 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?
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    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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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    More Orthopedics Help There are several schools of thought and ways of approaching this problem, D. C. Townsend has written a very informative article that you can read for more information go to:- ORTHOPEDICS FOR POULTRY MADE EASY FOR BEGINNERS This is a "chair" DCT designed to prevent the...
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    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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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: My DH and I agree that this is what it looks like, how do we fix this?
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    Quote: 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?
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    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??
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    Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

    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...
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