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The chick with the swollen hock might have slipped tendon? You would feel that upon feeling the leg itself though. Stunted growth could be due to many factors, but if it's not getting worse, that's good.

From what you've said it seems like it was just an injury of some sort that affected their legs and the wounds got infected - which would explain the gangrene in your one chick. Also, I believe if it was a disease you would have seen some sort of symptoms present by now, so it's very good that...

Also, the gangrene was directed specifically at the chick whose leg had died and the toes curled. If you haven't culled her already, if she survives what's going on, she will likely be able to adapt and live happily even with one leg.

Oh! OK, well if it's just swelling of the joints, it could be injury or an infection of the joints caused by trauma or an infection that affects the joints directly. You can give them baby aspirin (and ONLY aspirin, which is safe to use in birds) if you can get your hands on that; if they're...

Garlic is good to use too. I don't believe that the humidity/hatching methods has anything to do with what's going on. I did a little bit of research and found that it is, in fact, dry gangrene and is fatal from day old chicks to weeks' old chicks and could have been caused by frostbite, poor...

Hello! Sorry to hear you're going through this. As for antibiotics, I believe oregano has antibacterial properties, which you can safely crush up and put into the chicks' water. My first thought was some sort of vitamin deficiency passed on genetically. But since there are multiple chicks from...