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FleishyWifey

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What’s wrong and how do I fix it?
 

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Can the chick walk at all? Does it use its wings to balance? Is it getting to food and water? Did you hatch it or is it from a hatchery or feed store? It may be a slipped tendon. They are seldom successfully fixed, but here are some threads to read:
https://www.chickenheavenonearth.co...u-can-do-to-help-chicken-heaven-on-earth.html
Hatched from our incubator 3 days ago. Noticed it last night. So it’s not splay leg? It mostly hops around. Doesn’t put much weight on it at all.
 
Slipped tendons supposedly must be fixed at one day old or it may be too late. Here are a couple of videos showing reduction of slipped tendons:

 

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