Help for splay leg chick

[jeepgirl13]

I had two young turkeys with similar conditions this spring. I didn't really have the heart to do what was needed either, it's one thing to butcher, it's another just to kill. After watching them get stomped on at the feeder too many times, I set them on the grass, set them food and water, and let them calm down to where they weren't scared. One quick chop, and fed to the cat. It sucks, it's the bad side of the home "farm", but it is still better than the best scenarios at the big commercial factories.

I totally agree with you. It's a part of responsible animal husbandry. Commercial farms are horrible. Im hoping to fill my freezer this year with some home raised quail and chickens. At least then I know they were raised and butchered humanely.

 

[jeepgirl13]

Our vets give a medication called Seled, which is Sodium Selenete + vit. E. All my friends who hatch chicken give this and are happy. My very first batch of chicken eggs is now in the incubator and will hatch next month. I have had a splayed legged quail in the past and had no idea what do to and eventually it died.

I have another thread about how I hobbled and made a chick chair for this little guy. It's super important to do something in the first 24 hrs, if you decide to try to help, from what I've read. Not sure if it work work on a quail. They're so tiny, but maybe if you just downscaled it quite a bit.

 

[jeepgirl13]

I have another thread about how I hobbled and made a chick chair for this little guy. It's super important to do something in the first 24 hrs, if you decide to try to help, from what I've read. Not sure if it work work on a quail. They're so tiny, but maybe if you just downscaled it quite a bit.

Oh my goodness I'm so dumb... this IS that thread... I'm making that other cup of coffee now...

 

[jeepgirl13]

Little dude is up and running around like a normal chick! You can see his legs are a bit turned out still, but he is using them very well. Here his is this evening eating with his buddies