Found one of my chicks dangling from the heat lamp. Toe is broken badly.

A.M. Eggs

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So I went to go and check on my chicks this morning only to find one of my EEs toes caught in the heat lamp and the chick hanging upside down. I managed to get her out gently but her toe is totally smashed in. Is there anything I can do to help her? I have to go to work in like 10 minutes so I don’t know what I can do.
 
Here’s the toe on the right.
 

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If you don't have much time, I would spend it securing the lamp so no other chicks can get tangled.

Is the toe smashed or broken? You can try splinting it to see if that will help. I've had broken toes before and taped them up mainly for stabilization/comfort, they still healed a bit crooked, but the bird managed just fine.
https://theiwrc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Duerr_Splinting_Manual_2010.pdf
 
Make sure that the chick doesn’t have any burns on her body from the lamp or shade. Those may need to be treated with antisepetic or silvadene cream. The toe should be fine, but may be painful for awhile. This drawing from MyPetChicken is good to show taping a foot with tape on the bottom and top to straighten toes, but also works as a splint.

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