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Her legs will NOT straighten - its like they are stuck in that position - I have tried massaging them gently but they will not budge. I have been holding her up a lot and letting her "walk" on them by barely putting weight on them, but even she doesn't straighten them out. I thought maybe she had perosis in both legs but I can't feel the tendon. The good thing is she doesn't seem to be in pain - she will lay on her back and let me move her legs without complaint.Can you do leg exercises with her? Like streatch them out, roll them around and kind of things? That helps strengthen her legs and as if she were actually walking around with her legs. She probably also has this problem because you helped hatch her. When baby chicks hatch they use their legs to kick and pull themselves out of the egg. Since yours didn't do that it has to get its leg strenght a different way. So I greatly recommend leg exercises and propping her up the correct way and holding the legs out as if the chick were stretching. I have done this with my chicks several times and it releases tension and makes them feel better.