Hey all,
I've got a five week old chick that can't stand/sit on it's own. Over the last few days of observation and manually feeding it, I'm guessing it has multiple toes are broken - perhaps on both feet. It's a guess. I'm pretty sure that this was one of my chicks that had really poopy feet. I had a couple that just seemed to like to wear poop boots. In the process of soaking the feet and getting the poop off, I wonder if I did some damage. It was several days between her last feet cleaning and finding her flopped over so I'm not entirely sure the cause.
She tries to sit like a normal chick but always falls over.
Some close up shots of the feet.
I could try to splint both feet but I'm not sure how she'd be able to stand/sit even with that.
I checked both legs and nether seems broken. I put up on her left foot and she peeps out so it could be just the left foot/side.
Do those feet look ok? If not, what angle or stance would be better?
----- Ed
I've got a five week old chick that can't stand/sit on it's own. Over the last few days of observation and manually feeding it, I'm guessing it has multiple toes are broken - perhaps on both feet. It's a guess. I'm pretty sure that this was one of my chicks that had really poopy feet. I had a couple that just seemed to like to wear poop boots. In the process of soaking the feet and getting the poop off, I wonder if I did some damage. It was several days between her last feet cleaning and finding her flopped over so I'm not entirely sure the cause.
She tries to sit like a normal chick but always falls over.
Some close up shots of the feet.
I could try to splint both feet but I'm not sure how she'd be able to stand/sit even with that.
I checked both legs and nether seems broken. I put up on her left foot and she peeps out so it could be just the left foot/side.
Do those feet look ok? If not, what angle or stance would be better?
----- Ed
