Hello...

[Misfit 666]

Welcome to BYC! Regarding that chick I would post on the Emergencies section with details and pictures for best results. https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/10/emergencies-diseases-injuries-and-cures

Hi, I went over to the emergencies part and posted there but not one person has gotten back to me yet...The chick has not stood on it's own two feet once and is just flopping to get where it needs to go...I think I may just have to cull it as all of the info online about making the braces say that the chicken should have been able to stand on it's own after just an hour or two and it's been 21 hrs since i put it on...

I know they have to moderate the posts so I'm just waiting to hear back from them as the chick seems happy enough...but I think it's only drinking when I dip it's head in the water and if I put the food right nest to it's face. I think I'll just have to chalk it down to experience as I think It is more than just splay leg.

Thanks for the link though.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Sorry about your chick, not sure if you have seen this website, it may have some other ideas for you to try. https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces
Your chicks does sound like it has something more extreme than just splayed leg going on, but sometimes it does take the chicks awhile to get going, so I wouldn't give up as long as the chick is eating and drinking.

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC - great advice given by Kelsie and TwoCrows and others - good luck with the flock integration.

 

[TwoCrows]

Thanks for the warm welcome...

Now I have an entirely new problem...Last night i got my dream flock, a batch of 6 lavender Aracunas Anconas? (spelling may be a bit off!) The ones with the blue to greenish eggs...well 4 are a week old and they are fine and dandy eating me out of house and home...BUT!...

Well one of the remaining two was only a day old when I took it home...It's sibling which may be a day or two older is fine, just like a normal chick...but the other one, the day old one, is not walking at all yet, I have the obligatory brooder set up with the heat lamp and chick starter and water in a VERY shallow dish to stop drowning...

So here is how it's behaving, It is basically just kind of flopping/crawling it's way to the water or the lamp, i have them close together so it does not have to flop far, I have been dunking it's head in the water every so often and when i do that it seems to drink a little each time...and it pecks me when i touch it, is that a good sign??

So here's what I would like to know to stop me from developing a twitch...haha!

1# Are it's legs supposed to be slightly splayed? At least one seems to be poking out to the side at any one time.

2# How much will it need to drink as I have not seen it drink on it's own at all yet (maybe i just missed it drinking)

3# When i pick it up it's legs go very wide out to the side but when I pick up it's sibling the same way it's legs kind of just go straight down like all of my other chicks...I think this is a not so good sign...

HELP!!! Thanks in advance for any advice anyone may be able to give me...

Sounds like he has spraddle or splay legs. I would tape his legs together to help strengthen the legs. Here is a web site that describes how to do this. You can use a bandaid instead of vet wrap too...

http://www.fresh-eggs-daily.com/2012/04/spraddle-leg.html

Good luck with this little guy. Keep us posted on his condition.