Baby chick with hurt leg

Longhorn69

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Apr 2, 2020
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Just got baby chicks a week ago. One started limping yesterday and we noticed this today. Anyone seen this before? It can't put weight on it. Any help would be appreciated. The vet is operating on an emergency only basis due to CV so we're just trying to the diy approach. Thanks!
 

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The yellow bump...does it look like it was injured right there?

Where are the chicks being housed?
What type of bedding?
 
Not sure but I assume that's the location of injury. It won't grasp your finger with the foot on that side but it will with the other. Being housed in a wooden box about 2x4 foot with newspaper and pine shavings. We moved them today to an area about 4x8...basically half of a small shed but we are keeping the injured one in the box alone. Put a feather duster in there for something to snuggle with. It's eating and drinking. It hops around. Thx.
 
We have 6 chicks. Figure this one may have been trampled on. Nothing in the box to get cut on.
 
Newspaper can be very slippery so becareful with it.

It's hard to tell from the photos but it looks like it could be infected...that yellow might be pus.

Is that spot hard or mushy?
 
Was thinking same thing....pus. Didn't touch it. Wanted to reach out to someone first. If it is mushy, should we try to let the pus out. And, if we do, is there something in particular we can use to doctor it?
 
Was thinking same thing....pus. Didn't touch it. Wanted to reach out to someone first. If it is mushy, should we try to let the pus out. And, if we do, is there something in particular we can use to doctor it?
It could be hard and still be pus. Chicken pus is very different than human pus.

Hold on a minute...let's see what @casportpony thinks.
 

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