Cockerel with broken leg

[frIZZY]

So my two week old cockerel appears to have a broken or dislocated leg. He recently started walking with strange shuffle and upon closer inspection I discovered that his left leg will bend in completely the wrong direction at the knee. He puts very little weight on it and only walks around when he has to. the toes on that foot are balled up and the whole leg is limp. Is there anything I can do for him? I am attaching pictures (please forgive the poor quality, he's a little squirmy). I don't know if I could bring myself to put him down, he's one of the nicer cockerels I've had, and an awfully sweet little guy, please help!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

So my two week old cockerel appears to have a broken or dislocated leg. He recently started walking with strange shuffle and upon closer inspection I discovered that his left leg will bend in completely the wrong direction at the knee. He puts very little weight on it and only walks around when he has to. the toes on that foot are balled up and the whole leg is limp. Is there anything I can do for him? I am attaching pictures (please forgive the poor quality, he's a little squirmy). I don't know if I could bring myself to put him down, he's one of the nicer cockerels I've had, and an awfully sweet little guy, please help!

Hi

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It could be a slipped tendon or a leg deformity like Valgus Varus. Provide him with some poultry vitamins containing Vitamin B2(Riboflavin) or crush a human B-Complex vitamin and add it to his feed.

Here's more info about leg issues:
https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

Leg bone deformities - Valgus Varus
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul.../noninfectious-skeletal-disorders-in-broilers
https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_intertarsal_joint_in_broiler_chickens
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/