Can’t seem to fix the feet

[shiggensnsuch]

Hi! I was going to post the article I used but I think you’ve done an amazing job with the boots. I remember how stressful and disheartening it was when one of our chicks arrived like that. They trip and face plant a whole lot at first and it may make you feel like it’s hopeless, but they can adjust and become self sufficient. I put ours in a shoe box with paper towels to prop her up (kept it slightly tilted) and then graduated her to the small box they arrived in with 1-2 of the nicer chicks for company (vs being ganged up on by 9). Maybe someone can hold her in a towel while they watch tv, etc so you know she’s staying warm, not stressed and has some solid time with her feet flat and legs properly positioned under her flexed/not hyperextended. Even if she’s not walking, any of this time spent sitting/standing with the claw correction is helping her muscles and tendons develop more appropriately. You’d never know ours had an issue now, but I do remember how hard/scary it was. In my case I started treatment on the 17th (few days old), she was walking in the boots (albeit awkwardly) by the 20th and by the 22nd she was just fine without them. Your timeline may be different, but you got this! You obviously care and you’re doing your best!

 

[LLvida]

I would also give the chick human B complex tablets 1/4 tablet daily crushed into a spoonful of water or in a little food or egg. It could be a riboflavin (B2) deficiency. Here is an article or two about taping toes:
https://www.mypetchicken.com/backya...-toes-are-all-curled-up-whats-wrong-H293.aspx

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/crooked-toe-disorder-treatment-chicks-poultry/

I have vitamin b2 in capsule form. I’ve tried giving it but am worried about the dosage. Each capsule is 100mg riboflavin- is that the same with your tablets? It’s so yellow!!! I don’t want to overdose her. She mostly just wants nutridrench

 

[LLvida]

Hi! I was going to post the article I used but I think you’ve done an amazing job with the boots. I remember how stressful and disheartening it was when one of our chicks arrived like that. They trip and face plant a whole lot at first and it may make you feel like it’s hopeless, but they can adjust and become self sufficient. I put ours in a shoe box with paper towels to prop her up (kept it slightly tilted) and then graduated her to the small box they arrived in with 1-2 of the nicer chicks for company (vs being ganged up on by 9). Maybe someone can hold her in a towel while they watch tv, etc so you know she’s staying warm, not stressed and has some solid time with her feet flat and legs properly positioned under her flexed/not hyperextended. Even if she’s not walking, any of this time spent sitting/standing with the claw correction is helping her muscles and tendons develop more appropriately. You’d never know ours had an issue now, but I do remember how hard/scary it was. In my case I started treatment on the 17th (few days old), she was walking in the boots (albeit awkwardly) by the 20th and by the 22nd she was just fine without them. Your timeline may be different, but you got this! You obviously care and you’re doing your best!

Your note helped me so much. And such great pictures. I have lost this precious chick, but am still working with one last hatch sister with one curled foot. Fingers crossed as she is just still so small and doesn’t move around much.

 

[Eggcessive]

So sorry for your loss. Only a small amount of riboflavin is needed. A 1/4 tablet of human B complex has the right amount. If using the riboflavin capsule, I would just open it and use about 10% of the capsule contents each day. Leg issues in chicks is just very sad, and hard to fix.