chick's feet curved in help

[gamechicken98]

I have a newly hatched black australorp chick and its feet are curved in and it doesn't walk to good i don't know what to do please help.

 

[Bluebee]

Could you provide a picture?

Thank you,
Bluebee

 

[leadwolf1]

You can use bandaids or medical tape to tape his little feet in the proper position. There are several good threads on here with how to do it.

Here is a site that might help...

https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://blog.mypetchicken.com/2012/02/29/crooked-toes/
this website showed me:

http://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/crooked-toes
http://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/curled-toes
these two websites show the difference between disorders

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/BRKRaisingChicks.html

You might benefit from these sites. Definitely there is a window of opportunity usually to help them before their little bones set.

 

[gamechicken98]

I've had the shoes on him for about a day now and i cant tell if it is doing any better he will walk a bit and and sit down and sleeps more than the other chicks. thank you for the sites they were helpful

 

[Sphinx]

I had a coronation sussex chick that had curled toes. She had a really tough hatch. It seems like she wore a shoe for almost a week before it completely fixed. Her case wasn't too bad, either. Here's her feet before taping:




I don't have a good picture of her feet now, but they're 99% perfect.