2 day old chick won't stand!

[blueheaven]

3 chicks hatched successfully.
one chick was stuck; as the membranes were dried out.
helped it out, but now after 2 days...it can't stand.

hip area even looks deformed.
i have tried to hold and let legs go straight...can't even do that.
chick just lays there.

advise???!!!

 

[Erica]

Hi blueheaven,
probably it was stuck in the egg because of the leg issue (they really need to use their legs while turning in the shell).

There are some leg issues that can be fixed with a band-aid (splayed leg) but I'm not sure a hip deformity could have a good result. Very sorry to say that.

You might try looking up 'splayed leg' to see if it fits your bird, then try a band-aid, but I think most splayed leg chicks hatch all right and develop the condition while trying to walk, so your bird may have totally different issues.

We all have to consider putting a chick down sometimes, as occasionally they just aren't built to make it. I wouldn't necessarily jump to this opinion without seeing photos, but in my experience when a chick can't walk at all, things aren't very hopeful.

Do you want to post a photo of the chick?

best of luck
Erica

 

[blueheaven]

thanks erica.
i know i have been researching how to put a chick out without much suffering.
i have researched splayed leg a bit, and it has never been able to really move. just lays there. one of the hips are sticking out and up.
def not normal at all.
hate if it is suffering.