Day old quail with Splayed leg,

[New2quaill]

Hi all,

so my chick is a little over a day old , and has one leg splayed out , and a little of bent toe. I just tried to tape it but she wants none of it and has such a melt down. Can I wait a few more days ?
Thanks

 

[B-Goock]

Do it as soon as you can.
Tape cuffs & try taping the toes the way they should be.
Another method is put them in a glass so the legs can't spread out.
Either way there's gonna be alot of complaining & alot of time you'll have to spend.
Food. water. Flipping back over. Etc. It's It's chore and may not work but sooner is better.

 

[New2quaill]

Ok I’ll try. I would get one cuff on but she would freak and wiggle so much I would mess up the second one on the opposite leg. Then she couldn’t get her feat under her so I had to take it off. Think she’d stay in a glass? She was so mad I attempted the bandage she flopped around the brooder for 10 min .
But I will try and do so again in a little bit, my friend can help with with a second hand maybe .
thanks!

 

[yakitori]

Ok I’ll try. I would get one cuff on but she would freak and wiggle so much I would mess up the second one on the opposite leg. Then she couldn’t get her feat under her so I had to take it off. Think she’d stay in a glass? She was so mad I attempted the bandage she flopped around the brooder for 10 min .
But I will try and do so again in a little bit, my friend can help with with a second hand maybe .
thanks!

I had the same problem with mine. hatched just 14 hours ago. Taking advice from another thread on here, I taped her feet with a sliver of bandaid cut lengthwise. It was hard getting them on because I was scared of hurting her, lol. she still flops over sometimes, but can right and maneuver herself now

 

[New2quaill]

I had the same problem with mine. hatched just 14 hours ago. Taking advice from another thread on here, I taped her feet with a sliver of bandaid cut lengthwise. It was hard getting them on because I was scared of hurting her, lol. she still flops over sometimes, but can right and maneuver herself now

Awesome! Thank you .

 

[yakitori]

Awesome! Thank you .

Just checked on her, and she’s now fully accustomed to her braces, lol