slipped tendon

  1. ansmith1999

    Chick Can’t Bend Leg

    Hello, My sisters silkie chick (under a week old, not sure of the exact age) suddenly had splayed legs this morning, one in front one in back. Earlier we did the hair tie trick to get her legs to stay together and try to keep them under her, but she cannot stand or move, and is unable to bend...
  2. W

    Slipped tendon - do I straighten leg?

    I have a 2 day old chick who arrived with a slipped tendon. I could feel the tendon out of place and was able to push it back and wrap it. We have her in a “chicken chair” so she cannot put weight on the leg. When I re-wrapped the leg last night I couldn’t feel the tendon out of place. Her leg...
  3. ChickChic00

    Chick can't walk

    I can't remember exactly how old the chick is but I'm certain its at least a month and a half. Chick is using wings to try and balance itself, sleeps on side where right leg joint is. It looks like it's having trouble using that leg. I don't think it's spraddle leg, but I could be wrong. I've...
  4. hhurrell

    Is this Bumblefoot? Help! No weight-bearing after injury

    Hello! My >1 year old female pekin duck hurt her leg last week when she got tangled in some briars. I tended to her wounds day-of and they seem to be healing nicely, but one week later and she still won't put weight on it and it sits out to the side. The toes are very swollen and she refuses to...
  5. LilMissChick

    Slipped Tendon

    Hi everyone, I am going through slipped tendon on a 24 hour old bantam. I’ve got her in a slipped tendon sling. Her feet are taped, and her legs are loosely wrapped with the medical leg wrap tape. I was unable to wrap it too tightly, as I was trying to do it by myself. But i believe it’s...
  6. E

    Slipped tendon treatment for 2 week old silkie

    I noticed one of my then 9 day old silkies holding one of her legs up Sunday night. The hock joint was swollen and flat, she wouldn’t put weight on that leg, and I could feel the tendon had slipped to the outside of the leg. I could move it into place by straightening it out, but it would...
  7. Lark60

    Slipped tendon

    I was changing the meaties bedding and before I could get the new puppy pads down and one of the pullets slipped. I watched her “do the splits” and then she was limping. Her right leg turns outward when she tries to walk and she can’t seem to stay stable when standing. So now she is in a sling...
    • Lark60
    • Thread
    • chicken sling cornish cross pullet slipped tendon
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    • Forum: Meat Birds ETC
  8. skullgrrrl

    Chick With Slipped Tendon

    I have a 2 wk old chick with a slipped tendon - I don't know how long it's been that way. She holds her leg up in a bent position and the lower leg, from the knee down, is rotated outward. She can't grasp with her toes and hops on the outside of her foot. I started doing physio with her today...
  9. F

    Slipped tendon?

    Is it too late to help my almost 6 week old baby? I think she or he might have a slipped tendon. He was walking funny but now he mostly just plops down and rests all day ): stretches his legs out backwards like they normally would do and I felt and hurt a tendon pop back in on one side but his...
  10. S

    Slipped tendon, possibly dislocated hock, turkey

    I posted this in the turkey forum as well. Hoping it will get some attention here. I rescued a little poult from the hardware store, the others were walking all over her. I took her home in the hopes we can fix her leg and she can be a new family member. So here’s what’s going on with Little...
  11. S

    First time turkey momma, injured leg

    I rescued a little poult from the hardware store, the others were walking all over her. I took her home in the hopes we can fix her leg and she can be a new family member. So here’s what’s going on with Little Foot’s leg. When in the store it was out sideways and she wasn’t really walking on...
    • SoSabrinaMarie
    • Thread
    • dislocated hobble new at raising chicks poult slipped tendon splay splint turkey
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Turkeys
  12. K

    Newborn Chick leg deformed? Or slipped tendon

    hi there, I figured I’d join the site since the last few days I’ve been on the forums searching for hours. We hatched just one egg, the others never hatched sadly. And the one chick I thought would gain mobility after a day or so but it never did. Now that it is 3 days old I’m realizing...
  13. chicksonline

    Chick with broken leg???

    One of my chicks was sat outside the brooder which is unusual. It cannot walk and is terrified (poor little thing) It’s leg is bruised and I was just wondering if it is broken and what we can do to fix it
  14. SBFChickenGirl

    Chicks can't Walk, Slipped Tendon?

    I recently hatched my own chicks. The two chicks that are having problems can't really walk and get around by scooching themselves. They can move their legs, but can't stand. One chick had only one leg with this problem, but the other has two. I've been looking and it seems like it may be a...
  15. T

    Slipped tendon in 7 week chick?

    I checked on my chick today had it wasn't walking around properly. When I got it when it was around 1 day old it had a slipped tendon. I fixed that in the first 2 weeks and no issues were seen for 5 weeks. It just turned 7 weeks today and it looks like the tendon may have slipped out of place...
  16. J

    9 to 10 week old chicken, leg problems

    Hi, I have a 9 to 10 week old chicken with a slipped tendon I think, neither of her hocks are swollen. But her right leg is twisted towards her inside. She hobbles along and sometimes never really moves. She eats and drinks fine. I have seen people fixing little chicks legs, but everytime I try...
  17. Lleal90

    Slipped hock/ surgery

    Alright people. I’ve been dealing first with what I thought was bumble foot because my duck was limping on one leg. Eventually both legs were substantially swelling. Took her to the vet, she got antibiotics and and anti-inflammatory/pain meds. It’s almost a week of giving these meds twice a day...
    • Lleal90
    • Thread
    • ducks slipped tendon tendons
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Ducks
  18. scooby

    Splay or slipped tendon or????? Need help

    My little bantam finally hatched a nest it is mixed of her eggs and my rir. Any ways I had 2 chicks that hatched last we believe( she nested under the coop so we didn't know) one will not put its right leg down. It keeps it held up and limps around. The other will not stand at all and just...
  19. Squeak61

    Lame leg??

    Hello everyone. Today I’m seeking some advice about one of my pullets. She has a bad leg. But first some background info. When she was a chick, she got what we think was a slipped tendon at about 1 week. I put her in a chick chair for a few days, and when she came out it looked perfectly normal...
  20. Yeet

    Chick has a weak leg...

    Hello, ive found a lot of helpful things on here in the past and im really hoping for some help on this chick i received. I dont know how old he is exactly but i would guess maybe a week??? Anyways, he was being picked on a lot hense why he was givin to me. He eats wonderfully and drinks no...
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