Leg Splayed?

[Myersarae90]

Our java chick was sat on by a slightly larger brabanter chick when she was 2 weeks old. Her left leg was injured, she was unable to walk initially and it has been turned out to the side ever since. We kept it in hobbles using athletic tape consistently for the past 3 weeks. She now has regained her strength and is able to walk again, but puts most of her weight on her good right leg. I’m wondering if we should continue to hobble it? Is there a different way we should be wrapping it? Or is she just going to be stuck like this? Attaching pictures (her left leg is the injured one).

 

[GermanKennhuhn]

@Eggcessive her leg looks splayed to me.

 

[Eggcessive]

It may be a tendon injury or she could have a leg bone deformity call valgus deformity. Slipped or injured tendons are difficult to treat, although some try to get the tendon back in place and tape it. Leg bone deformities are permanent. If she is able to get around well enough to eat and drink enough, I would be tempted to leave her alone. Splinting or taping can sometimes make these things worse. Sometimes tape or vet wrap can slip and become too tight. Here is a link about valgus deformitie:
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...ctious-skeletal-disorders-in-poultry-broilers

This article gives info on how to tell if she has a slipped tendon and how to put it in place:
https://www.chickenheavenonearth.co...u-can-do-to-help-chicken-heaven-on-earth.html

 

[Myersarae90]

It may be a tendon injury or she could have a leg bone deformity call valgus deformity. Slipped or injured tendons are difficult to treat, although some try to get the tendon back in place and tape it. Leg bone deformities are permanent. If she is able to get around well enough to eat and drink enough, I would be tempted to leave her alone. Splinting or taping can sometimes make these things worse. Sometimes tape or vet wrap can slip and become too tight. Here is a link about valgus deformitie:
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...ctious-skeletal-disorders-in-poultry-broilers

Ok thank you. She is definitely mobile now. We have kept her separated from the brabanter that hurt her since it happened. The brabanter is actually double the size of the Java now, so I feel like it’s for the best at this point since her leg isn’t very strong. I know eventually the Java will be larger than the brabanter. Hopefully once we get to that point she’ll be able to stand her ground against it. We actually suspect the brabanter is a cockerel, but we won’t know for at least a couple weeks more.

 

[Eggcessive]

I edited my post above with a link about slipped tendons, in case you did not see that one.

 

[Myersarae90]

I edited my post above with a link about slipped tendons, in case you did not see that one.

Thank you!

 

[Myersarae90]

It may be a tendon injury or she could have a leg bone deformity call valgus deformity. Slipped or injured tendons are difficult to treat, although some try to get the tendon back in place and tape it. Leg bone deformities are permanent. If she is able to get around well enough to eat and drink enough, I would be tempted to leave her alone. Splinting or taping can sometimes make these things worse. Sometimes tape or vet wrap can slip and become too tight. Here is a link about valgus deformitie:
https://www.merckvetmanual.com/poul...ctious-skeletal-disorders-in-poultry-broilers

This article gives info on how to tell if she has a slipped tendon and how to put it in place:
https://www.chickenheavenonearth.co...u-can-do-to-help-chicken-heaven-on-earth.html

Now that our chick is a couple weeks older and bigger I have finally figured out where her leg is injured. It’s high up on her leg where it’s feathered and is very swollen compared to her other leg (probably double the size). We have been trying to let her go without hobbles but now the majority of the time she just drags her hurt leg behind her & hops around on her good leg. Again this happened when she was 2 weeks old (sat on by a larger chick) and she is now 7 weeks old. I’m not sure what we can do to help her heal an injury this high on the leg? It’s very close up to her body and can only be seen if we pick her up and extend her leg fully out. I’m attaching new pictures of her. The swollen part is closest to my thumb.

 

[BookWormDenise]

May I ask what happened with your chick with the injured leg? I have a 16-week-old girl that is having a similar splayed leg issue right now.