Need HELP with a chick ASAP!

[BlazingColours]

Chick cannot stand and flips sideways...
History. pipped monday evening. Tuesday evening was almost out at 9pm so I went to bed. This morning chick was out and fully dry with a very dry umbilical chord wrapped around one leg and still attached to the shell. I cut chord and untangled its leg. Now the chick pushes with one leg only and ends upside down all the time. I made up a splayed leg brace but it dont seem to help at all. Just ends up upside down. Tried a styrofoam cup and the chick pushed hard with one leg and still gets flipped over. The other leg moves and pushes too but not with near the strength.
SOOOO, what next? Maybe cut holes in bottom of styrofoam cup for legs to go through and make some divide like that to keep it upright? Id say about its about 12 hours now since it hatched.

Anyone been through this? What worked and what didnt?

 

[LoveMyChickenBabies]

@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @Texas Kiki @casportpony

 

[crazy4ChickensNducks]

You could make a chick chair. Someone that has experience with the will come along shortely

 

[Kiki]

Can you take a short video of the chick at upload it to YouTube?

 

[duckmama84]

We had a chick do this that we got from TSC. I made it a brace, but I see you've already tried that. I know he/she would still flip some so we kept it separated and kind of tucked it under a wash rag to keep it right side up.
Good luck!

Edit: left out words, fingers moved slower than brain

 

[Anaray]

Could it be a slipped tendon?

In that case a brace and a couple of days in a chick chair may help.

Here is a guide that helped me: https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...and-caring-for-the-special-needs-chick.72163/

 

[BlazingColours]

You could make a chick chair. Someone that has experience with the will come along shortely

That sounds like what I need! I did best I could so far and put legs through a styrofoam cup and into a second cup. Put leg brace on after in cup and taped a straw between legs so cant pull them back through. So for now it is staying upright! Im guessing the chick should also have some vitamin supplement... ?

 

[BlazingColours]

And then this sits inside another cup and legs are suspended. Tapped to inside of incubator and let it rest. Will look into tendon as the link posted above says

Can you take a short video of the chick at upload it to YouTube?

Chick has already been stopped from flopping around. So cant take a video now. Sorry... Going to check the tendon after I let it rest in the incubator for a bit.

 

[Eggcessive]

Chick vitamins are almost always a good thing to use when a chick has any problems, especially with legs. Poultry Cell is good or and other vitamin with riboflavin (B2.) Caution: Poultry NutriDrench does not have B2.

I would remove the leg brace with the straw or cut the straw shorter. As you see in the pic at the bottom, it doesn’t touch the legs. Chick skin is too tender for the sharp plastic to touch the legs. Vet wrap stips, a bandaid cut longways, or you can alter the hair band. I don’t like the hairbands, because someone recent cut off the circulation in their chicks’s legs with one that slid up.

 

[Eggcessive]

Here is a link for chick chairs and slings:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

The basic design is a piece of cloth with 3 holes for both legs and a poop hole in back. You can include a little tray or bottle lids to use for food and water for baby chicks.