Chick born with curly toes, suggestions?

[Strange Hatter Farms]

Hello, this is my first chick born with problems.
I have tried to do the bandage method but this chick isn’t understanding it.

It was born Friday night, after it struggled the whole day I assisted it. Now I know why it needed help. It had a problem with its leg.
I bandaged the toes but it still just spreads it leg out and flips around aimlessly.

What can I do to help it more?

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

I saw a picture online of someone making a body sling using a sock. I tried that. Now its almost no distress chirping.

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

Have you tried the bandage method for splayed legs?

P.S. this is not my photo I got it online

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

Have you tried the bandage method for splayed legs?

P.S. this is not my photo I got it online

This person used Velcro but I read to use a bandaid

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

This person used Velcro but I read to use a bandaid

I only used the bandage to straighten the toes, I didn’t even think of putting the feet together, thank you! Ill do that too.

 

[coach723]

Sometimes chicks are born this way due to a riboflavin deficiency (started with the parent stock) so I would supplement with a B complex tablet or capsule, 1/4 of one ground up and mixed in some feed if it will eat. The shoe should help keep the toes straight. For the sling, it may be better to position it so that the chick can just touch the ground. It takes some of them a bit longer to get their legs. You can also use another version of a chick chair, to help keep it upright, find it's legs, and eat and drink better. Some examples of that here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/
It's also possible that there was an injury or deformity, sometimes from malpositioning in the egg. Time will tell.

 

[Anime2lover]

Hello, this is my first chick born with problems.
I have tried to do the bandage method but this chick isn’t understanding it.

It was born Friday night, after it struggled the whole day I assisted it. Now I know why it needed help. It had a problem with its leg.
I bandaged the toes but it still just spreads it leg out and flips around aimlessly.

What can I do to help it more?

I'd worry more about the splayed leg. Wic would need a hobble to realign the leg. As for the curled toes, i've had success with the booty style. What you do is use something like cardboard, cut it in the correct shape of the chick's foot and use bandages to secure the toes in the right place.

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

Sometimes chicks are born this way due to a riboflavin deficiency (started with the parent stock) so I would supplement with a B complex tablet or capsule, 1/4 of one ground up and mixed in some feed if it will eat. The shoe should help keep the toes straight. For the sling, it may be better to position it so that the chick can just touch the ground. It takes some of them a bit longer to get their legs. You can also use another version of a chick chair, to help keep it upright, find it's legs, and eat and drink better. Some examples of that here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/
It's also possible that there was an injury or deformity, sometimes from malpositioning in the egg. Time will tell.

These are great examples! Thank you so much!

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a good link about taping curled under toes in place:
https://www.mypetchicken.com/backya...-toes-are-all-curled-up-whats-wrong-H293.aspx

Here is another link for splay leg treatment:
https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2012/04/spraddle-leg.html

 

[Strange Hatter Farms]

Here is a good link about taping curled under toes in place:
https://www.mypetchicken.com/backya...-toes-are-all-curled-up-whats-wrong-H293.aspx

Here is another link for splay leg treatment:
https://www.fresheggsdaily.blog/2012/04/spraddle-leg.html

Thank
You!