Baby chicks limp leg is bleeding, weird defeciancy?

[LittlePip21]

Hello, I just woke up to some very loud peeping, and it appears this little one is having some trouble. He was born without help, though I did open the egg a bit where he was trying to push through, I was worried he'd drown due to a smaller air sac. Unfortunately, he is unable to use one leg, he hock sets on it, though the other leg is perfect. I suspected a deficiency and planned to pick up some nutridrench, I also have another rooster with strange hock setting that flares up periodically. The poor babies leg appears to be swollen (or it still looks newborn and not sleek like the other one, he's about a day and a half old)and leaking blood. He's not bleeding anywhere else, and is alert. He cries only if he has to sit on his leg and is breathing fast. All the others are perfect, is there something I did? Do I need to change the feed or give vitamins? He's bleeding a lot from his leg, is this just an issue from birth? Advice would be greatly appreciated! Also, o don't know if this is relevant or not, but it's older sibling had trouble in hatching, and had wry neck symptoms for a few hours after hatching, then it disappeared. He also smells odd, I can't really describe it, and there is clicking in his labored breathing

 

[EggSighted4Life]

had wry neck symptoms for a few hours after hatching, then it disappeared.

Hours after hatching that was not wry neck symptoms.... just hatching still working it's kinks out.

Clicking in labored breathing... in my experience... equals liquid in the lungs and chick going to fail slowly.

I hatch a lot... if ALL others are fine except one.. it is genetic and your feed is fine. Even from good parents not ALL chicks will be viable.

OMG... that chick IS sooo cute.

Condition of hocks is one of the measurements use to asses chick vitality.

I would offer the nutridrench and let the chick TRY... if it tries to fail instead of thriving... I might help him out because I don't want the genetic weakness in my flock..

Good luck!

 

[LittlePip21]

He just passed away thank you for your kind words, it was definitely a genetic issue, I'm pretty sure it was fluid in the lungs, as he had that clicking on his breathing while he was hatching. He was super cute, I'll miss him very much, I held him a bunch and he snuggled with his siblings before he died, he didn't suffer long, I'm glad he got to hatch and live for a little while! I think this was maybe because I have a mixed development hatch, I took the eggs from a hoarder hen who abandoned her nest late game, and I'm thinking this next round that's hatching is having trouble with air sacs because of the humidity. Thanks guys, I feel a lot better knowing it was a genetic thing and not a feed isue