Chick with a broken joint (help)

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Also when you look at it from the front and push up the feathers to see it she has some bruising and a small cut aswell. I cannot get a picture of it bc I would have to hold her and push the feathers back so I can’t take a photo. She has had no signs of a deformation in fact she was the one chick who would jump on top of the silkie mom and sleep on top of her. The owner just said it must have happened overnight.
 
Okay so now there is a second one down who is not as worse as the first one but still can’t walk. I think she MAY have splayed leg because one of the legs faces outwards but the other is fine but she could also have dislocated it. My question is could this be rickets? They have been feeding them Dumor chick food medicated but the past 2 weeks it has been non-medicated as they got the wrong bag of food. So if this is rickets then how should I go about treating them?
 
Pictures? Rickets causes rubbery bones and a bowlegged appearance. Did you read the articles in post #4 about leg bone deformities? They are very common. Having one leg turned out to the side sounds like a bone deformity. The legs can be knock kneed or bowlegged. These deformities, varus or valgus deformity can affect on leg or both. Valgus deformity can cause a leg to turn outward.

Here is an article about rickets and it’s treatment:
https://www.hobbyfarms.com/rickets-in-chickens-2/
 
Eggcessive said:
Pictures? Rickets causes rubbery bones and a bowlegged appearance. Did you read the articles in post #4 about leg bone deformities? They are very common. Having one leg turned out to the side sounds like a bone deformity. The legs can be knock kneed or bowlegged. These deformities, varus or valgus deformity can affect on leg or both. Valgus deformity can cause a leg to turn outward.

Here is an article about rickets and it’s treatment:
https://www.hobbyfarms.com/rickets-in-chickens-2/
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Yeah starting to think it’s not rickets. If they had deformities why would they 1. Show up overnight and 2. Happen now and now when they were hatched. Could they possible have a vitiman b deficiency and that’s why 2 are down or some other deficiencie?
 

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