Chick hatched on day 18 with Splay legs, curled / crooked toes amnd navel abnormality

[TGRREZ]

I recently had 1 chick out of 12 hatch on day 18 with splay legs, crooked toes on 1 foot and a weird navel anomaly. Looked like everything hadn't retracted like it should before hatching, only good thing is it looks like it very slowly receding. I didn't help this chick at all, I woke up and it had hatched overnight. I'm doing dry hatch heat at 101. I made a "chick shoe" to straighten those toes and a brace made with rubberbands to keep feet under him. Lol this poor chick look like it was in a car crash. Its eating and moving fine, better with the rubber braces.

 

[GitaBooks]

Was the temperature too high in the incubator? That could lead to an early hatch, so there wasn't time for it to strength its legs or absorb its yolk.

I hope it gets all the way better!

 

[TGRREZ]

Temp was 101, idk its the only one that happened to. The rest hat hatched regular. I had pit the chick shoe on yesterday morning, so I'm going to check it out tomorrow hopefully its straighter, as for the legs, this is my first splay out of 5 hatches this year. I had read if its caught early can be corrected in a week. So hoping for that. For all its issues, its sure vibrant. And I'm glad the other chicks don't pick on him/her.

 

[GitaBooks]

Some chicks are just genetically more prone to hatching problems.

At a young age they are better at healing, so she could certainly get better!