My newborn chick's leg doesn't bend, and is painful!

[MotherDucker82]

Our little chicks are hatching, and our 4th chick was VERY loud before popping, after pipping, and while zipping. She zipped half way around, skipped some, made another big hole, and skipped back to the pip hole, She then pushed with all her might, but some of the egg was still intact, so we waited a couple hours, and then chipped it away and she popped out.

It's been about 6 hours, and she's pretty dry, and we noticed how unlike the other chicks, who were walking and standing, she kept her one foot balled up on her side, and wouldn't extend it when she tried to walk. After closer examination, she has a little blood spot on the inside of the skin on her knee, as well as a little hole near it. (The leg is extended as much as possible in the picture) she freaks out when you touch it, so we think it hurts. She can move the upper part of her leg, but the knee and below she won't or can't move.

Is this fixable, or are we going to be making a prosthetic chicken leg in the near future? Also, this is our first hatch, any advice is welcome.

 

[Smileybans]

I got a chick like this from TSC last year. I tried putting it in a chick chair and straightening its legs out, rubber banding them together in the chair. But by the time I had gotten it the damage was done. The chick died in the end but I realized that I had been making the chick miserable by trying to make it better. It got around just fine and was eating and drinking just fine. Now your chick might respond more to exercise or a chick chair. It is younger than mine was. I would say try a little bit but stop if you notice the chick is distressed.

 

[Weeg]

Looks like slipped tendon to me. I recently took a slipped tendon baby into my care from a feed store. Unfortunately she didn't make it, but I think that was because she was a bantam, and had to go through shipping etc. There are lots of success stories with slipped tendon, and I definitely think that you should try to treat this. She is still very young.
I'll link my thread. Unfortunately it doesn't have a happy ending, but a lot of good links showing how to get her on the mend.
Crossing my fingers for your baby!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...-with-one-splayed-leg-slipped-tendon.1514549/

 

[MotherDucker82]

I got a chick like this from TSC last year. I tried putting it in a chick chair and straightening its legs out, rubber banding them together in the chair. But by the time I had gotten it the damage was done. The chick died in the end but I realized that I had been making the chick miserable by trying to make it better. It got around just fine and was eating and drinking just fine. Now your chick might respond more to exercise or a chick chair. It is younger than mine was. I would say try a little bit but stop if you notice the chick is distressed.

She's doing a bit better today, but we think her leg formed incorrectly while growing, so it is probably never going to bend, so she'll have to lean to get around by hoping on one leg. You're right, we did put her in a chair, and she was in more pain, and miserable, we Also banded her legs, and she refused to eat. So every few hours we take her out and help her stand, and make her drink water mixed with food, electrolytes and probiotics. She is not sleeping on her back anymore, and her eyes are staying open(she refused to open her eyes much, maybe because she was in pain). We are going to build her a "race track" to help teach her to hop. She is now unsteadily standing on her one leg with help, but can only hop backwards. She is able to rest on her other leg, kind of like kneeling. We are really trying to get her somewhat able to live. If she can't walk in a month, we are going to have to put her down.

 

[Weeg]

She's doing a bit better today, but we think her leg formed incorrectly while growing, so it is probably never going to bend, so she'll have to lean to get around by hoping on one leg. You're right, we did put her in a chair, and she was in more pain, and miserable, we Also banded her legs, and she refused to eat. So every few hours we take her out and help her stand, and make her drink water mixed with food, electrolytes and probiotics. She is not sleeping on her back anymore, and her eyes are staying open(she refused to open her eyes much, maybe because she was in pain). We are going to build her a "race track" to help teach her to hop. She is now unsteadily standing on her one leg with help, but can only hop backwards. She is able to rest on her other leg, kind of like kneeling. We are really trying to get her somewhat able to live. If she can't walk in a month, we are going to have to put her down.

Did you read my thread? This sounds like slipped tendon. If that is indeed what it is, and she doesn't recover, and then she will be in miserable pain. Did you try to pop the tendon back in? Can we see updated photos please? A photo of her trying to stand would be helpful.