I have a less than day old chick that hatched last night. The issue is that they have splayed legs, a possible deformity on both the stomach (which I am hoping is just leftover egg) and on the back of the metatarsus/knee, and may not have drank anything yet.
The chick, also known as Scooter, is...
My hen was sitting on 9 eggs and successfully hatched out 5. She got off the nest leaving the 4 eggs behind. I put them in the incubator (at 100 degrees and humidity of 70%…is that ok?) one hatched out and I think she has splayed leg. I put a bandaid on her legs to help correct them, but it’s 10...
A couple days ago my chick started acting weird, laying down, couldn’t move and had no balance. I moved her to a quarantine brooder and she just lays there, she was doing better this morning until she jumped off of the table :( (I thought she wouldn’t move if I put her there because she hadn’t...
I have an 8 week old Silkie that started displaying Splayed legs 3 days ago. At first I thought her right leg was hurt, but slowly both legs began to do the splits and she ends up on her back every time she tryed to move around. She has yet to show any improvement.
I have her in the house...
Hey BYC! I was recently given a chick with some splayed legs and curled toes, i was treating her for that. (Vitamin B2 with leg braces and spacers) and she was improving, i had a short trip and i left her in the care of a family member and came back to her like this. Her left legs “knee” is...