Crooked toe still - should I re-tape? :/

[dusky]

So, I helped a chick out of an egg last week after 48 hours of being stuck inside his egg with no progress. As a result he had splayed legs, curled foot, wry neck, couldn't turn himself over or even sit up - as you can see, after a lot of hobbling and many chick shoes, this is how he is today. It's Day 6 out of the egg now, though his growth is more like a 2-3 day old chick. He didn't eat for the first 4 days or so. For the past few days I was giving him a mush of starter, nutritional yeast and yogurt from a silver spoon! He'd turn his beak up at dry food. Thankfully chicks learn so fast and today he's been digging into the dry food. Whew!

I still give him water from a bottle cap though, can't be so sure with him stumbling about like a drunkard. Today he's goose stepping around his box, he was so used to having hobbles on. It's pretty funny lol.



The middle toe is still crooked.. half the time it's a little crooked but he's standing on it correctly, the other half it's turned a bit so he's putting weight on the side of the toe. Should I tape it again? The problem with yesterday's taping, is that i only taped the middle toe so by the end of the day it was slipping off and wasn't as straight as it was originally.. :/

 

[dusky]

Oh... another weird thing.. he's been scratching at his side (the right side of his crop, and slightly further back of it, but not quite to the wing) with his right foot (the crooked toed foot), and when he does so he cries. I'm not sure what's bothering him ? I've sat down and gently rubbed his side and teased at the feathers to see if there are any pin feathers, and when I do that he's a bit calmer. I hope he doesn't injure himself. Any ideas?