??? Do I Remove Chick From Egg Or Not, UPDATED PICTURES ???

[Yoda]

First I want to let everyone know that "Boing" (named by Melei) is doing great no problems at all.

But his brother/sister have curly toes here's the pics I am going to try bandaging them tonight.

The second chick doesn't seem to stand on his/her feet, it stands on the leg/thigh joint. It actuallu seems to be crawling around don't know what to do?

 

[fourfeathers]

Get some polyvisol without iron vitamins into them, a drop or so. Could be vitamin deficiency contributing. Try to splint either as suggested using cardboard or with pipe cleaner bent. Sometimes bent toes can be a genetic defect, other times nutrition or how they were positioned in egg. Regardless, supplement and splint and put on non-slip surface, no cage bottoms or paper. I use towels. I think the poultrysite and browneggblueegg have pictures of how to splint. Or, do search on orthopedics for poultry. I have pics (somewhere) of mine in past that I have rescued from farmstore with bent toes and splinted with pipe cleaner splint. Sometimes they fully recover and in one case, no matter how much splinting I did, she persisted with the crooked toes on one foot (but she had broken toes and broken 'ankle' joint). Good luck!

 

[fourfeathers]

The one that is laying back on its legs could go either way. I have had some that, with nutrition, being on non-slip surface and with supplements, did fine and started walking. If it is perosis sp? or slipped tendon, that can be a different story and hard to treat, not impossible but I have not had good luck with the severe ones with this.

 

[Yoda]

ok I taped his toes but he really only has two in front the third one is so tiny only kinda like a knob. It does have the back toes and two in front but the third toe on the outside side of his foot is just a little knobby looking one that isn't bent cause it is too small. This is on both feet same outside toes. I did tape them so we will see.

 

[Yoda]

Here's updated pictures of Boing

 

[KimberlyJ]

Boing is so cute! Sorry to hear about the other's toes. I hope everything works out ok.

 

[tammyd57]

Those are sure some cute babies! I hope you have success with straightening their toes.
It's a little ironic that Boing is doing better than the chicks that didn't get dropped! Good for him!

 

[mmaddie's mom]

Go BOING!

 

[Melei]

I'm really chuffed you used the name Boing, I've never had the chance to name a chick before

He/she is absolutely beautiful. I really hope your other chicks are doing better now.

 

[Yoda]

Quote:
I liked the name you gave the little one LOL
He did go boing, boing, boing, boing, crack

He is doing great, running around and eating, scratching and getting drunk oops drinking

I did lose the chick in the second pictures that would not stand up

The curly toes has one foot that now has straight toes on it but the other foot the bandage came off so I have to retape it and see