Chick with leg backwards

[christinafaught]

My chicks leg is behind it and turned inwards I haven't experienced this before and don't know how to help it I've dealt with splayed legs and have had great results but this is new

 

[HonaHelp]

Slipped tendon?...also sign of marek's disease... although the most common age for showing signs is 5 weeks to 25 weeks of age...... Hope someone with a similar experience replies.... Good luck w your baby.

 

[christinafaught]

It feels like the hip bone is out of place it is still alive but I don't know how to help it I tried taping legs close and straw with rubber band like you would do for splayed legs but that didn't work I want to save this baby

 

[oregonkat]

@WVduckchick, @azygous, @Pyxis, @KikisGirls, any of you with any advice as to how to fix this?

 

[WVduckchick]

Here's what I would try if it were mine. Hold your left hand out, palm up, fingers toward the right, in front of your chest. Lay the chick's belly in your left hand, feet pointing back toward your body, overhanging your pinky finger/palm. Grasp the feet and legs between your right thumb and forefinger. Slowly lower your left hand (kinda bowling ball or lawn-dart starting motion) and let the bird dangle for just a few seconds. Twist your wrist outward, and the bird's reaction should be to lift its head/chest/body upward toward your hand. (keep your hand under, but not touching, and don't drop her! lol) When it does, you can re-grab the body. This will sometimes "reset" a slipped hip or knee joint. It won't hurt the bird, and I would think its worth a try.

 

[christinafaught]

I did it but it didn't do anything I wonder if it's bone is just deformed and it can't be helped

 

[Eggcessive]

Leg bone deformities are quite common in all poultry. It was worth trying the treatment for a dislocated hip.
Deformities such as varus valgus, or TD are common, and many older posts will sometimes call them slipped tendon or perosis. Some chicks may get along okay, even when a leg is turned backwards, but the risk is that the hock tendon sometimes ruptures later with growth. Here is some reading that you may want to see:
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_Intertarsal_Joint_in_Broiler_Chickens
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/

 

[WVduckchick]

I did it but it didn't do anything I wonder if it's bone is just deformed and it can't be helped

Also it may not work the first time. Don't keep doing it over and over. But a few repeats on occasion is ok.
What breed is it?

 

[christinafaught]

We ended up putting it down it got worse and I couldn't stand watching it suffer I think it was a brahma only one to hatch this batch plus one other egg hatched the rest died before hatching

 

[HonaHelp]

We ended up putting it down it got worse and I couldn't stand watching it suffer I think it was a brahma only one to hatch this batch plus one other egg hatched the rest died before hatching

Sorry about your baby. Tough decisions have to be made on their behalf sometimes.