Baby chick leg deformity

[freemare]

Here are some more pictures. Now that I look at both his legs they both stick out in front.

 

[jsforth777]

We took our 8 week old chick into the vet and they recommended that we cull it.

Situation: three weeks ago, a hawk abducted the chick and I was able to recover her. Her puncture wounds healed, but she was left with a deformed leg. Vet said that as she grew, her ligament was tightened and that it would be best to lit her down. Thoughts?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

We took our 8 week old chick into the vet and they recommended that we cull it.

Situation: three weeks ago, a hawk abducted the chick and I was able to recover her. Her puncture wounds healed, but she was left with a deformed leg. Vet said that as she grew, her ligament was tightened and that it would be best to lit her down. Thoughts?

Her leg should have been worked with at the time of the attack, not now. By now, her leg has begun to heal wrong. In order for it to be fixed, she'd probably need surgery where they'll redamage where her leg was damaged, then put it back in it's proper place.

 

[jsforth777]

Her leg should have been worked with at the time of the attack, not now. By now, her leg has begun to heal wrong. In order for it to be fixed, she'd probably need surgery where they'll redamage where her leg was damaged, then put it back in it's proper place.

So do you feel it's best to put her down at this point?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

So do you feel it's best to put her down at this point?

It's probably the most humane thing to do if she can't have surgery. Some people might try letting her live in special care, but if you don't have the time, patience, or the willingness to take care of her with the care she'll need as a handicapped chicken, then she should be put down. So sorry.