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- Jul 22, 2021
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I have a chick that's nearly 3 days old, it hatched under a hen but she rejected it so I took it inside. It's legs seem to be out to the sides so it's not moving around very efficiently and I taped them together earlier today after finding splayed legs and treatment for it. So far it seems to only be putting most of its weight on its left leg/hock and flapping the right leg like it's trying to get it out of the tape. It's still not really standing up on its feet unless I hold it up which I've been doing for a few minutes every time I come in to take it to the water dish and I've been trying to show it food but it's not really interested in it just yet. When it does get itself moving, it goes backwards and not forward and sometimes tips over, does all this sound normal? I'm not really sure if binding the legs is working or not as I'm only finding how to bind them and the after results but no in between videos or descriptions of what positive progress looks like during the process. Also I'm adding a picture of it's legs taped, does the placement look correct or should I adjust it so the legs are further apart? This is my first time having a chick with this so I'm just not sure if I'm doing this right. The second image is how the chick sits after applying the binding.
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