Chick with strange leg issue? Help please!

[erijn5]

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I hate to ask you to, but if you wouldn't mind? I want to have to do it once and make sure that I do it right! Will I hear it go back in place? God I'm going to hate making that chick cry!!!

But if it will help it, I hope I don't stress it out and dies!

Or maybe me go into an anxiety attack!

 

[jenni2142]

I am so sorry I wasn't more clear. This will cause the chick no pain at all, if anything it is uncomfortable now and this will give it relief. It will not snap or anything. You will just gently lift the leg back and straighten. This is my 5 week old Pansy, noticed how relaxed he is, no pain.

 

[erijn5]

stupid stupid question, how will i know when it is back in....will the leg just dangle properly? OMG I'm probably stressing you out too!

 

[jenni2142]

Yes, I am worrying right along with you, I am bad about that. When it is back in you will see a small ridge at the top/back of the joint. It will not look flat anymore. Will look kind of like your elbow, pointy. Just look at the back of one of the others and compare. It may slip back out and then you might need to use the pipe cleaners or bandaid to keep it there. If the chick is standing and you pinch(gently) the hock joint you can feel the tendon in the center. It may take a few days for swelling to go down.

 

[erijn5]

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DH did as instructed, puss came out of the inflamed area. He said it did not feel like the tendon went back in???? Oh my what a mess! Scared to death I am! He said he tried stretching the leg 4 times and felt nothing...now what? Should I wait till tomorrow and see if it is doing anything? It is still holding it's leg out like we did nothing at all?

 

[jenni2142]

I am so sorry, am crying for you now. Puss means the joint is infected, the chick is suffering and would require too much for just the slimmest chance of fixing it and from when I went through this with my Lucy, the expert said it is too much to put the chick through. I am sorry.

 

[erijn5]

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do you think I could treat the area with antibiotic? Or do you think the infection will just slowly over take the chick without shots and probably penicillin? What do you think the percentage is? Cull or not to cull?

 

[jenni2142]

The expert said they had only successfully got a chick through it once and wouldn't attempt it again, the chick never thrived and the treatment was hard on it. to even attempt this would be a long, hard road, and I think unfair to the chick. I nursed my Lucy for 11 days and still had to cull, if I knew then what I know now about treatment I would have spared her that. At the very least you would probably need injectible antibiotics like tylan, bracing, and the chick chair. I hate to say cull but that is what is best for the chick.

 

[erijn5]

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Thank you so much for all your help, it has been greatly appreciated! And the pics and quick responses were a bonus!! Thanks again, I think we know what we need to do!!

 

[jenni2142]

I feel your pain, but there will be peace at knowing you did what was best for the chick. Enjoy the others. I wish it had gone differently.