Injured chick leg. PLEASE HELP

[Yanisay]

Yes I’d rather try my best to treat him.

Please can you update me on how she’s doing?

 

[FaffyChicken]

Please can you update me on how she’s doing?

Hello! Thank you for asking. He/she is alive, alert, eating & drinking, but far smaller than his brothers and sisters who’ve literally doubled in size and their development is more advanced in terms of feather growth and everything else. The injured chick, seems to have a shorter leg and uses it like a stump to shuffle around. He/she doesn’t run around like the siblings, he likes to perch half his/her body on the feeder. I’m not sure if he does that for convenience to be closer to the food, or because it helps balance him/her so one leg is extended, I can’t tell. But he/she doesn’t perch on the water feeder so it’s definitely Intellegent & is figuring out how to live with it’s disability. Since I’m new to this, does it mean that he/she will have a shorter life span? I’m glad I did everything I can with the help of this forums friendly advice, even though it wasn’t successful in outing him back on track to fixing his lame leg
I’m just glad I respected its will to live and I guess I’ll have to go with its flow and consider it a pet.
I have new polish hatchlings in the incubator now so I’ll need to get a new brooder ASAP since I don’t want to risk putting these small ones in with the rapidly growing flock inside
One of the new babies is not standing yet but it’s only been a few hours
The other is exploring the incubator and inspecting the unhatched Silkie eggs

 

[FaffyChicken]

Please can you update me on how she’s doing?

My daughter asked me to add that his/her knee derotated. It’s shifted back into position now. It’s just shorter and more like a crutch he uses/pivots on when he absolutely needs to walk. Otherwise he’s perched on the feeder

 

[Yanisay]

My daughter asked me to add that his/her knee derotated. It’s shifted back into position now. It’s just shorter and more like a crutch he uses/pivots on when he absolutely needs to walk. Otherwise he’s perched on the feeder

Im so happy that it can eat and drink,personally I would not cull it if it grows up because that doesn’t sound like a disability that will stop it from living its fullest life,we had disabled chickens and we will only sell or cull the ones who were extremely disabled,I’m sure it will live the normal life span of its own breed,I won’t see why it will effect it’s lifespan,although it could have problems with growth which is fine just give it a food with good nutrients and hard boiled egg and a vitamin supplement to help it with its late growth