Bad hip

Annmariekew

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Apr 20, 2023
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I thought the little guy was just tired from hatching. I took him like all day I noticed he was comimg out from he wrong end. Its been almost 24 hours and he just know sitting up. He cant walk his toes are curled like a fist and it looks like one hip is out ward. What can I do
 
I thought the little guy was just tired from hatching. I took him like all day I noticed he was comimg out from he wrong end. Its been almost 24 hours and he just know sitting up. He cant walk his toes are curled like a fist and it looks like one hip is out ward. What can I do
Do you have pictures?
 

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Are you able to hold the chick and see if you are able to get it's legs under it and that would just be a matter of fixing splayed leg. For its feet you may have to make little shoes for it so they can be corrected. If it can't seem to get it's legs under it with your help and it seems it's in pain, it may have slipped tendon. Let me know what you observe when you hold it to see if the legs semi-correct and we'll go from there.
 
I thought the little guy was just tired from hatching. I took him like all day I noticed he was comimg out from he wrong end. Its been almost 24 hours and he just know sitting up. He cant walk his toes are curled like a fist and it looks like one hip is out ward. What can I do
Welcome to BYC! :frow

Sorry you're having trouble. Splay leg with curly toe is a nutrition deficit (riboflavin).

If you're in the US.. administer poultry nutri drench in addition to the suggesting taping which only hides the symptom but doesn't treat the cause UNLESS vitamins are also administered.

I personally cull if the hatching eggs are from my own flock with known nutrition.. because once fixed.. easily gets mixed up with others and I don't wan't the poor genetics breeding forward in my flock.

Cute baby.. hope it recovers quickly and thrives! :fl
 
Are you able to hold the chick and see if you are able to get it's legs under it and that would just be a matter of fixing splayed leg. For its feet you may have to make little shoes for it so they can be corrected. If it can't seem to get it's legs under it with your help and it seems it's in pain, it may have slipped tendon. Let me know what you observe when you hold it to see if the legs semi-correct and we'll go from
 

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When I did it its leg didnt seam to go all the way like the other one
Next thing to check for is when you hold it, take the leg that didn't seem to be in a normal position, and pull it back into the position like the stretch where there leg goes all the way behind them. When you do this, look where the leg bends and see if it is swollen and you can compare it to one of your other chicks. If it is that may be splayed leg. For making "shoes" for the chick, just cut some small pieces of cardboard (I used a cereal box) into the shape of its feet so pretty much like a rhombus so you can get all its toes on there. Then you can use self-adhesive tape and just wrap the toes on there in the correct position because this is going to correct them. You may need some help doing this because it can get tricky. Once it has the shoes on leave them on for about 24 hours before checking again. However, once you check the chick for potential slipped tendon, I'd treat that first and then do the shoes. I'll walk you through what to do if it is. Here's a picture of the cut outs I used for my chick shoes.
 

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