1 day old chick with slipped tendon??? Photos

[esme13]

So , this has been the worst hatch in along time for me. I have one chick with an unabsorb egg yolk sack and the other one displaying leg problems.

the little Orpington is barely trying to walk, it drags it’s one leg outwards. Is this a slipped tendon?? It’s 13hrs old right now.

it’s bruised looking and swollen. Photo of good and not so good leg.

 

[esme13]

Update- after days of wrapping and splinting and wrapping again. She finally put weight on her leg!! She is walking bow legged. But it is HUGE progress! For a chick that one would consider to put down, she is showing strength

update on yolk sac chick. I never manipulated the yolk sac, but it finally dried out and fell off on its own. I have two lively chicks

 

[Eggcessive]

Glad that she is walking and putting weight on it. Can you post any pictures of her legs as they look now?

 

[Justso]

That's great news!

 

[esme13]

Glad that she is walking and putting weight on it. Can you post any pictures of her legs as they look now?

She even rests it properly when she lays down. It’s not perfect, but hopefully the strength comes in. Her leg muscle was so weak. It had been trembeling and it’s slowly improving. The joint is still swollen, hoping with her using it , will bring the swelling down. She is trying to even jump out of her brooder. I won’t pick her up yet, she is very frightened of the hand and I don’t want her to stress the leg.

 

[esme13]

She does bend the leg very back, almost like double jointed, but she seems proud to use it. When she was 1 day old, the leg wouldn’t even extend to the ground, it was locked in an upright position, elevated to her chest almost. With the vet wrapped , she would drag in backwards and do all this funny stuff with it. We called her ninja chicken. She refused to stay in chair for the leg. She’d escape from it and we feared she would break her good leg. She walks with this little hobble

 

[Justso]

How's your chick doing? Any better? Let's bump this if you're still having trouble.

 

[esme13]

How's your chick doing? Any better? Let's bump this if you're still having trouble.

The chick is so sweet, clearly in discomfort. It’s leg seems unable to manipulate anymore. When i first saw the bruising , I pushed the tendon back into place. By the next morning the bruising was gone, joint was solid firm. And I tried messaging it and the tendon would not move. Don’t have the heart to cull it. It eats, drinks and poops with its bottom staying clean. And it’s the only cage mate for the one with the unabsorb yolk (which is alive and well).

 

[Justso]

did you wrap the leg at all? I found a few links posted by someone else:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...ith-a-slipped-tendon-one-chick’s-story.69353/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-caring-for-the-special-needs-chick.72163/

Glad to hear the two are keeping each other company, that's a good thing.

 

[esme13]

We tried wrapping the leg when we first saw it. The next day it was still holding it up and when I took the bandage off it looked like it healed with the tendon not in the right spot.