Baby chick with crooked leg

[Eggcessive]

You will need to keep her safe from pecking or bullying, but I am just suggesting trying the sling for periods of time. She needs to also keep trying to walk. You will probably need to experiment. I have never had a chick with a bumb leg, so you will probably be trying different ways to get her to gain weight. A chick vitamin or 1/4 tablet daily of super B Complex crushed into her food may help as well.

 

[Tiffy316]

Well, I'm still working on a chicken wheelchair. I just need to get the measurements right, make sure all the wheels are in place, and find a way to attach a sturdy cloth for a sling.

I currently don't keep her in a sling. She just hobbled around till I can make a suitable wheelchair for her. I don't have a way to make a 3d printed anything. I don't even kmow where to find one.

I was gonna find a soft cloth so she has a soft place to sleep. But for now, I'm keeping her separated from her sisters till her sores heal.

 

[Tiffy316]

She's still small, but her sore seems to be healed now. I think her scab fell off a few days ago. However, she does tend to get scrapes on hee feet from trying to run around with her sisters, especially when she tries to go to the outdoor part of the chick box.

I'm going to put her sisters outside soon, and probably have hee spend the day in the barn with them, and come inside at night to sleep in hee crate. That way, she won't get so many scratches on hee feet. Fortunately, Neosporin works so,fees for little chick sores. I try to put it on at least once a day. It worked very well for her head sores.

I found a good basket for a makeshift chicken sling. I haven't tried to put it into action yet, though. I'm still working on the chicken wheelchair. I have a rough idea of a basic dram that I want to use, so now I've just gotta cut the pipes and hope for the best. If all goes well, she should have hwe very own little wheelchair soon.

I've also decided to cut a little cross for her leg holes. It's simple, gives her legs plenty of room, and it should be nice abd comfy for her. I'm planning to cut a small dip in the hammock, or just put the leg holes near the end of the cloth so her poops go straight down without sticking to her feathers.

I'll look into some chick vitamins to add to her food. I don't think tgat feeding it to her will be a problem. She always seems to have a healthy appetite. All in all, she seems to be pretty happy, although her legs do seem to get scuffed quite a lot. That's why I want to start moving her from the rabbit cage to the crate. They both have a nice soft bottom for her to sit on that's nice and comfy and fairly non abrasive. Also, her sisters seem to like the outdoor part of the chick box where it's cool and dark. I almost always find them in there. That's why I think they're just about ready to try being outside permanently.

Though technically, they'll be inside of a barn, where they'll be protected from most of the weather. It has a nice set up for them, so they should be nice and dry. There is also a chicken rack for them to sit on.

 

[Eggcessive]

I am glad that things are going well with her. It sounds like you have a nice little pet. Please post any pictures anytime you have some. Chick vitamins wirh B2 riboflavin or some B complex would have been to give for the past couple of months. Dosage of super B complex tablets is about 1/4 tablet daily. You can dissolve a crushed tablet into about a tsp of water or more, and drop some into her beak slowly or add it to her food.

 

[Tiffy316]

I've been feeding them chick starter/grower, and her sisters are doing pretty good on it. I assume that it has those vitamins included, since it was made for young chicks. Would giving her vitamins help her at all?

 

[Tiffy316]

Limpy butt was attacked a couple of weeks ago. She died around midnight, shortly after I found her. She was lying on the ground with a wire sticking through her. I don't know what happened, what attacked her, or when she was attacked. She was buried in the yard by a mulberry tree.

 

[Eggcessive]

Sorry for your loss. Did she ever walk well enough to get around?