Club feet in silkie chick

[smott]

I got home with this silkie baby on Saturday and discovered she has what looks like club foot/feet. She is about a week old and was stumbling about on them. She eats and drinks great. The left foot appears mostly to be curled toes but the right foot seems to be turned inward at the ankle. I have experience with correcting crooked toes, and I have put shoes on her (made with cardboard and vet wrap), but I’m not sure what can be done for the one that is turned inward. Anyone have experience with fixing this? (She walks in her shoes but still loses her balance frequently, as it appears that she is trying to maintain her balance in her “tiptoes”.). On a side note, she also has a wing defect on the same side as the worst foot.

 

[Chicalina]

I would do the same as you have, splint the foot for a few days. Maybe even splint the legs apart too. Sounds like a congenital deformity.