2 bird problems- 1 day old & 1 month old. Help please

[MyNYfarm]

Hi Everyone.

I'm asking for help. I have 2 birds - a 4 week old cockerel and a 1 day old chick with different issues. Videos attached.

Bird 1) The cockerel will be 4 weeks tomorrow.
He has deformed toes. I took a video.
BTW, in the video he was on a wooden chair and would not walk. I later put him on the carpeted floor and he can walk and RUN, but clearly will never be able to perch. Does anyone recognize this issue? Is there a fix, or should I cull?

Bird 2) Americauna blue splash (misidentified it in the video) about 17 hours old. Cannot walk. Right leg/knee looks broke.? Not positive. Also, looks like stomach didn't fully close? Is there an attempted fix or should I cull? It's wet because it had a piece of eggshell stuck to the anal opening, so I gave it a good rinse (then of course it had to poop out the backup, poor thing)

 

[Wyorp Rock]

BTW, in the video he was on a wooden chair and would not walk. I later put him on the carpeted floor and he can walk and RUN, but clearly will never be able to perch. Does anyone recognize this issue? Is there a fix, or should I cull?

To me, it looks like he has Crooked Toes, this can be due to genetics, poor incubation, cold floor, etc. The toes cannot be corrected.
Some birds can manage with crooked toes just fine, but you will need to check his feet frequently for sores since they are so crooked and overlapping.
It's up to you to decide whether to cull or not. I would not use him for breeding.
https://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-muscular-nervous/crooked-toes/

17 hours old. Cannot walk. Right leg/knee looks broke.? Not positive. Also, looks like stomach didn't fully close? Is there an attempted fix or should I cull?

For the navel, I'd just apply a little Iodine to help dry it up. Leave it alone.

The leg, hard to tell in the video, could be Perosis (Slipped Tendon) which can be a challenge to correct if at all. Possible the leg is deformed.
If you wish to try, you can certainly try to splint the leg and place the chick in a chick chair, making sure she can eat/drink. I'd also give 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily.

Again, as for culling, that's your call. Sometimes you can correct leg issues, sometimes no matter what you do the issue cannot be corrected or the chick fails to thrive.

Chick Chairs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

Information on leg issues, but you can also do an onsite search about Slipped Tendon/Perosis and come across many posts that you may find helpful.
https://web.archive.org/web/2023092...oultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Your videos don't seem to be set for public viewing, they may be set to private. Cannot see them.

The chick sounds like it's doing poorly. Hate to say it but it may be right to cull, with a deformed/broken leg and an open belly.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

To me, it looks like he has Crooked Toes, this can be due to genetics, poor incubation, cold floor, etc. The toes cannot be corrected.
Some birds can manage with crooked toes just fine, but you will need to check his feet frequently for sores since they are so crooked and overlapping.
It's up to you to decide whether to cull or not. I would not use him for breeding.
https://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-muscular-nervous/crooked-toes/

For the navel, I'd just apply a little Iodine to help dry it up. Leave it alone.

The leg, hard to tell in the video, could be Perosis (Slipped Tendon) which can be a challenge to correct if at all. Possible the leg is deformed.
If you wish to try, you can certainly try to splint the leg and place the chick in a chick chair, making sure she can eat/drink. I'd also give 1/4 tablet B-Complex daily.

Again, as for culling, that's your call. Sometimes you can correct leg issues, sometimes no matter what you do the issue cannot be corrected or the chick fails to thrive.

Chick Chairs
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

Information on leg issues, but you can also do an onsite search about Slipped Tendon/Perosis and come across many posts that you may find helpful.
https://web.archive.org/web/2023092...oultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

If the chick was not doing too poorly I revoke my suggestion to cull. It sounded bad from OP's description.