Does my chick have splayed legs?

[crazy chook]

Does my little chick have splayed legs, it is 11 days old.

One leg forward one leg back. Should I try to put a bandaid on to pull its legs together?

 

[SarahFair]

I would say yes

 

[MissJenny]

Certainly looks splayed -- from everything I've read this is very easy to correct. I would waste no time taping it up. And by the way, that is a very cute chick.

Jenny

 

[crazy chook]

OK, so I did the bandaid thing but she/he does not like it and is now refusing to stand and is rolling around and SQUAWKING. So I took it off and he/she shut up straight away and is walking around. Will it get any worse to the point where she can't walk? What do I do next if not nothing?

She is in the brooder with pine shavings on the ground and paper towel on top - has been since she was born. She can walk and feed and drink on her own just walks odd!

 

[snowflake]

Yes! I have a meat bird with 2 bad legs I have to hold her up so she can get a drink, we didn't catch it soon enough and splinting didn't work, there are some good threads on splinting and chairs to put them in I would work real hard at trying to fix it if you can or it will just get worse. Good luck.