Baby chick with hurt leg

[Agentlx75]

I have a 6 day old baby chick that is hobbling around, she limps on her left but right side is fine..... Seems more painful when knee to hip portion of the leg is stretched out, her foot seems fine too. Any ideas what I can do to help her? She has been sectioned off from the others with 2 small container lids with water in one and food I have the other so she can still eat. I don't know what else to do. Should it heal on its own?

 

[Stipenvlerk]

Is it possible to upload a picture of her posture?

 

[Agentlx75]

Is it possible to upload a picture of her posture?

This is the best I can get she does not like/want to try to stand at all

 

[Agentlx75]

Is it possible to upload a picture of her posture?

Here is a video of her as well. Not sure if the link will go through correctly as I'm new at this but I will try again if it doesn't

https://youtube.com/shorts/7avCDAr9TcE?feature=share

 

[Stipenvlerk]

Yes I'm able to see the video, You did well! Other forum members will definitely have more insights now!
@DobieLover would you be so kind to assist here?

 

[DobieLover]

Yes I'm able to see the video, You did well! Other forum members will definitely have more insights now!
@DobieLover would you be so kind to assist here?

Sorry. I don't have experience with chick issues of this nature. @azygous, @Wyorp Rock, @Eggcessive may be able to help.
Good luck with that poor little thing.

 

[Agentlx75]

Sorry. I don't have experience with chick issues of this nature. @azygous, @Wyorp Rock, @Eggcessive may be able to help.
Good luck with that poor little thing.

Thank you

 

[azygous]

The right leg appears to be causing the chick considerable pain. Have you looked for obvious pecking injuries? Is there a chance the chick was dropped? Look the leg over again. If you compare it to the left leg, something may become apparent about why the right leg is giving the chick trouble.

 

[Agentlx75]

The right leg appears to be causing the chick considerable pain. Have you looked for obvious pecking injuries? Is there a chance the chick was dropped? Look the leg over again. If you compare it to the left leg, something may become apparent about why the right leg is giving the chick trouble.

I have looked it over, no visible injuries. She goes back and forth from favoring one to favoring the other. If she had taken a fall or was dropped it wouldn't have been from a very high height as we were holding at a safe height inside the brooder. When straightening out the legs she will chirp louder when the left is straightened out vs the right however she is starting to chirp out a little when straightening it as well. I have softly left all the bones in both legs/feet and both sides feel the same compared to each other AND compared to the other chicks but is definitely painful!

 

[azygous]

You are facing an issue that presents no clues other than the one symptom. So you will just need to treat that. Vitamin B-2 is riboflavin and the most common vitamin B deficiency in new chicks showing up in the first week. You can get the best amount of riboflavin by buying B-100 complex. It will have other B-vitamins that a new chick may also be short on. These B- vitamins are critical for feeding nerve connections that may be weak.

I would dose the chick in two ways. Dissolve a tablet each day in the water the chick drinks. Other chicks can drink it, too. In addition, dissolve another B-100 tablet in a fourth cup of water mixed fresh each day and syringed directly into the chicks beak several times a day for a couple of days.

Keep providing this B-complex water mix until the chick is walking normally.

To safely syringe water into a baby chick, pry open the beak and use an eye dropper or narrow syringe to drip the fluid into the right side of the beak.