Leg problem in chick. ***update*** chick died. :(

[crazyaboutchickens]

I have a chick that can't walk and keeps the bottom part of it's foot turned 90 degrees outward. It's not slipped tendon cause I can turn it's leg back without problem and it not screaming. And it's not splayed leg because it's legs are the normal space apart.
The only strange thing is that it hops on one leg and keeps the other leg turned outward and in it's belly feathers. And it also seems to be shivering even though it's under a heat lamp. I made the chick a hock protector because it leg was getting sore. I scratch its neck, dip it's beak into water to make it drink, and feed it chick starter with a hard boiled egg. Everything seems normal except it wheezes every time it takes a drink. Is there something I have missed? I can't find out what it is.

***HELP***

 

[incubatingisfun]

did you put a splint on it

 

[crazyaboutchickens]

No. I'm not sure how to make a splint for a chick. How does one?

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Check this site out for directions on braces/hobbles
http://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces

 

[crazyaboutchickens]

I had checked out that link before and i'm still not too sure what it is.

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Try making a whole leg splint using the plastic "handle" of a milk jug and some tape to keep the leg properly placed. Tape it to the bad leg and you may need to tape the legs together too. I found non-adhesive tape works best - it sticks to itsself and not really to the chick. You can find it at any pharmacy in the sports tape section - or ask your friendly neighborhood pharmacist to point it out to you if you can't find it.

 

[crazyaboutchickens]

Even if I put a splint it would walk on the side of it's foot. It's the foot turned outward that I have to correct not the leg. So a leg splint wouldn't help much.

 

[crazyaboutchickens]

HELP!! The chick just started getting nasal discharges. Anyone? Please?

 

[incubatingisfun]

sorry that he died

 

[incubatingisfun]

my chick with a leg problem died too