chick with damaged leg

MrDankYT

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Feb 11, 2017
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This is a turkey chick for transparency but i suppose it doesn't matter, it is a group of 5 chicks with their mother, they were all fine before yesterday when i noticed one chick couldn't walk right, it was jumping on one leg supporting itself by flapping its wings, i picked it up and inspected the leg, it doesn't seem to be broken nor dislodged anywhere, i assume the mother accidentally stepped on its leg and something happened.. this morning the leg was cold and the chick laying by itself outside the mother, the rest were under the mother. I've had a turkey before with one leg damaged that lived fine hopping around on one leg, but i supposed it isn't much of a life.. And with almost daily visits by a fox it definitely wouldn't be, so if it wont heal the best option might be to put it down.

So any advice? Does anyone have any guess if it will heal? I doubt it when it has lost blood flow and is cold..

Thanks for any responses
 

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