Baby chick leg deformity

[freemare]

I have 2 young little chicks that just hatched and I have been watching them jump, and flop around. I have noticed one of the babies looks to have a leg deformity. It almost looks like he cant bend it at the hock? The other one seems just fine what can I do? Should I take a picture, they are just about dry now.

 

[Pyxis]

Is it stuck straight or stuck bent? If stuck bent, it may be a slipped tendon.

But it might just be also that it needs more time to get its feet under it

 

[freemare]

Stuck straight out like in a resting position, the other leg looks ok but this one just looks off.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

You probably should cull it. I had the same problem with one of my chicks. His name was Kia (Kī). He lived to be three months old. I made a hobble for him but it didn't work. Could you post a picture? It may be sprayed leg and that is fixable.

 

[casportpony]

Pictures would be best.

 

[Pyxis]

Pictures would be best.

X2, pictures may help determine what's going on with it. Maybe it's just very badly splayed.

 

[casportpony]

X2, pictures may help determine what's going on with it. Maybe it's just very badly splayed.

I am such a visual person, pictures really help me figure stuff out. A splay would be very fixable.

 

[freemare]

Here are a few pictures I could get. Its so dark now my camera is like not having it. When he sits on my hand his little leg sticks straight out.

 

[Pyxis]

Can you get a picture of him flat on a surface with the leg sticking out? Since it's bent when you're holding him I don't think it's deformed in a way that it can't bend.

 

[freemare]

Ok let me do that