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Sorry, I didn't see this post til now. They devote a surprising amount of time trying to get the tape off. Chicks fall asleep in weird positions all the time, even the ones without braces. They eventually get stronger and kind of hobble along. Unfortunately, this chick didn't make it...

Update on my chick: Her leg seems to be worse. I took it out of the hobble for a little while, and her leg is actually worse- it seems like it's almost twisted backwards at this point. I let her go without it for a couple hours, and she seemed almost to have even more trouble walking, so I...

Oh, I love the name, 3CuteChicks. Any update on Forrest? I have felt so bad for poor Hulksmash. She's just been acting more and more defeated and more and more emotionally down. All day today, she's basically just been in the corner, not really trying to do anything- she'd half heartedly...

Awww, thanks so much, ChickensAreSweet. I appreciate the cheers. No, you haven't mishelped at all. You've really done sooooo much to help, and I can't tell you how much I've appreciated all of the advice and help. I think without you, it would've been far worse. What I really think messed her...

That would be lovely if I could have you watch me try to do walking therapy, speckled hills. Today is kind of hectic for me though. I took the hobble off for a little bit yesterday to see how she was without it, and I think she's even worse now if there's no hobble. I got my dh to watch her...

Thanks for your kind words and encouragement. I really needed to hear that. I guess I got kind of hung up on the idea of her possibly being injured in the future if she was mounted by a (as yet nonexistent) rooster.

I took her hobble off tonight after some therapy, and did a little more. She's been having me work with her 8-10 times a day. I let her go around a little bit without the hobble, and frankly, I see no improvement, which is very disheartening to me. I did make her newest hobble a little bit...

She was hatched very late Saturday night, so she's about 24 hours shy of a week old. I don't think she's trying to walk around as much with this new hobble on, which has me worried. I do think that maybe there's an improvement, here's a picture I just barely took. What do you think? Also, I'm...

Thank you so much for all of your help. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. If you were close, I'd give you a hug. The electrical tape hobble has been on for 6 hours now and still looks totally secure. We just finished our first session of physical therapy on the chick (huh. That is a...

I was working with the tape we had on hand- all we have is super cheap transparent tape and electrical tape. I think I didn't put it on very well last time, so hopefully it does better. I'll try to get some other tape today, I think. When I made it so thick, it was because I was still operating...

Oh, that picture is extremely helpful, thanks so much! I'm sorry that chick didn't have a better outcome. Ok, I tried to do a hobble with a bit of super thin cardboard in the middle. See what you think. After seeing the picture, I adjust the tape a tiny bit up so it isn't interfering at all...

Thanks so much for your responses. I have to admit this is my favorite chick of the hatch, so I really want things to work out. I narrowed the stance a little bit, but I'm worried that having it wider earlier made things worse. I noticed that I kept the rubber band around the leg loose (I...

I had always thought that spraddle leg looked like the chick was doing splits- a fairly extreme, easy to notice thing. Yesterday, I realized on of my chicks does have a slight case with her left leg. She can still run around and such, but it just seems a little weak. She had to have a little...