chick hobbles

  1. J

    4 legs!

    This baby hatched with 4 legs. The two extra in the back are not functional. Also seems to have splayed leg. I’ve made a hobble with a band aid and hoping for the best. I’ve been dipping her beak every hour and she’s drinking enthusiastically, not interested in food yet. I’m exhausted, like I...
  2. Trisseh

    Moing’s Journey - splay leg? Slipped tendons? Valgus deformity? Who knows.

    I thought I would document this little ones progress here. Some background: Golden Crele Legbar, hatched from a shipped egg. Hatched on her own on July 9/20. The only egg to hatch, her egg mates both had issues of their own upon eggtopsy. The one was DIS, had membrane constricting the yolk. The...
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    • baby chick problem chick chair chick hobbles leg issues slipped tendon splay leg
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