Help! 2 poults hatched with gimpy legs!

Kelownachickens

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7 Years
Sep 6, 2012
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Kelowna, BC, Canada
Yesterday my turkey eggs hatched, 3 out of 6...one is 100% and the other two have what looks like severely contracted tendons in their feet/legs. They cannot walk. Other than just making sure they can eat/drink, what can I do to help these poor things get their legs to work?
 
One of ours had splayed legs like that and couldn't walk well, so we tied a piece of yarn between the legs to hold them close enough together so they couldn't split back apart, and it worked really well. That poult has now had the yarn removed for a couple of weeks and walks perfectly normal!
 

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