Day old baby chick might have a broken leg?

[dialuann]

Hi!
Just yesterday, our hen hatched off two baby chicks—one full-Silkie and one Silkie/Turken/Showgirl. The next day, and after we put them in their baby coop, the Showgirl baby chick was having a hard time walking. Of course, since the babies are hatchlings, this is very much expected, but at closer examination, the baby may have something wrong with its leg. It keeps it tucked up under but if you pull on it, it just dangles and can move in every direction. The baby chick is not in pain (from what we see) and seems very contented with its mom and sibling.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Do you have photos?

The leg dangles? Can you feel of the leg to see if the tendon has slipped?
Compare it to the normal leg.

 

[ChickyMudder]

If Wyorp is on it, you are in good hands.
I’ve been through splay leg and slipped tendon. It’s tough.

 

[dialuann]

Do you have photos?

The leg dangles? Can you feel of the leg to see if the tendon has slipped?
Compare it to the normal leg.

I have photos! I’ll add them now. The almost fur-covered foot is the one that is dangling (and the one that is circled red in the last photo).

It feels like there is no joint holding it together.
I really hope he isn’t in pain, but he cried more than the other baby chick.

 

[dialuann]

If Wyorp is on it, you are in good hands.
I’ve been through splay leg and slipped tendon. It’s tough.

Did your chicken survive/get better?

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I have photos! I’ll add them now. The almost fur-covered foot is the one that is dangling (and the one that is circled red in the last photo).

It feels like there is no joint holding it together.
I really hope he isn’t in pain, but he cried more than the other baby chick.

If it feels like there's no joint holding it together, then it may be slipped tendon.

You can try to correct it.

@ChickyMudder may want to help walk you through how she fixed slipped tendon.

These links may be helpful.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/peachick-with-slipped-tendon.1092979/
https://www.chickenheavenonearth.co...u-can-do-to-help-chicken-heaven-on-earth.html
http://www.poultrypedia.com/poultry-podiatry

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

 

[dialuann]

Edit (29 October 2023): The baby chick is doing much better! He can walk now, and is chirping at a normal rate! I think his leg has completely healed. I don’t know exactly what caused it, but it could have been the broody hen!