Day old chick with slipped tendon or twisted femur?

[Cyprus]

This chick hatched with this leg problem. It rubbed its hocks down to the bone. I don't know what to do about it or how to fix it.
It can't stand at all. I have tried to find the tendon and pop it back into place to no avail. I can hardly move its legs.

 

[Abriana]

Unfortunately you may have to make a difficult decision here. This baby probably won’t be able to walk, thus unable to eat, drink, avoid predators, and avoid other chickens if needed. I’m pretty sure this would be unfixable and you may need to euthanize this baby. but i could be wrong, there may be something you can do. Have hope

 

[BlackHackle]

Come to think of it, I had a Plymouth Rock with the same problem and he grew to be 8 months before I culled him

 

[Abriana]

I guess you could technically make a sling for him/her but I don’t think that would be a good life for a chicken

 

[BlackHackle]

I guess you could technically make a sling for him/her but I don’t think that would be a good life for a chicken

Probably not

 

[Abriana]

I wonder if you could somehow slowly twist it until they were useable, and keep the bird in a sling until the process was complete.
Also put a piece of gauze and wrap up the raw part so she can still attempt to move and not hurt herself. Maybe put some neosporin without pain killer on it.

 

[Flockandfowl46]

Sweety I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it would really be more humane to cull

 

[Cyprus]

Sweety I hate to be the bearer of bad news but it would really be more humane to cull

I understand. I'm not that sentimental about these chicks; they were supposed to be sold anyway.
I have no desire to cause this chick any more pain by trying to fix an unsolvable problem.
I will try until Friday. If there's no improvement I will cull it because I am leaving for two weeks and will not stick this responsibility onto someone else.

 

[Cyprus]

The chick is now 'standing' on its hock joint.

 

[Eggcessive]

Have you tried chick vitamins, including riboflavin—P.S. nutridrench does not contain riboflavin. Poultry Cell doe have riboflavin, and so do most chick vitamins for the water. Chick chairs and padded cups to stand in sometime help to develop leg muscles. Leg bone deformities are common in poultry—vaus or valgus deformity or TD, tibial dyschondroplasia, twisted tibial bones can happen to one or both legs. Slipped tendon is usually not the cause of these problems, but leg bone deformities. As long as she is improving, I would give her a chance, but many of these leg problems do not get better. Here is some reading about leg bone deformities:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/