Chick with a leg problem

[sirrobyn0]

Some of you maybe aware I recently had a bad hatch from my incubator. We are addressing those issues, but in the mean time I have a little one with a leg issue. Initially her right rear leg was so badly mis-aligned that it was shooting out from behind her and completely useless. Through a series of bandaging and support her leg is now to the point where she can use it and honestly gets around pretty well. However to my eyes it appears that her right hip, or top of the leg juts out. We want her to have the best life she can and correct what we can. If this is as good as it gets, I'm ok with that provided that she can use leg for life and get around. I've attached pictures and we are open to ideas and thoughts as to what we can do. Thanks.

 

[WalnutTree]

It's probably a birth defect, so I doubt it could get any better than that. I recommend considering putting her down, because there is a possibility that she could be pecked by other flock members if the injury is very prominent. If you still would like to keep her, then I don't recommend putting her with breeds known to peck.

 

[sirrobyn0]

It's probably a birth defect, so I doubt it could get any better than that. I recommend considering putting her down, because there is a possibility that she could be pecked by other flock members if the injury is very prominent. If you still would like to keep her, then I don't recommend putting her with breeds known to peck.

Yes, it is a birth defect I thought I made that clear in the initial post. To re-cap, she was born with that leg so messed up she couldn't walk on it. We have been able to re-hab it to the point you see now. She gets around totally fine on it, but yes it sticks out.

We've already got a blind slate turkey, that is kept in a separate space with an older tom with a broken beak. IF she gets pecked on we'd just keep her in a separate space more than likely. If the bird is capable of living a reasonable good quality of life we'll keep her, and I believe at this point she can live a good quality of life. I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks.

 

[M Brennen]

We had a rooster who was mangled pretty badly from an attack. After months of in house rehab, I was able to put him back with his flock. He had physical challenges with his legs ( one worse than the other) but lived successfully for another couple years. Where there is a will, there is a way.