I posted this is the hatching forum but I will try here
I posted this yesterday (friday)
"My 12th baby hatched today (friday) around 3:30 pm and it's 9 pm now. It has been peeping and breathing and looks completely normal.
The problem is I noticed his foot is not right. All the other chicks have the normal 4 toes with the one in back and the one long one. this chick's toes are deformed on one foot. It's one toe is so long it's curled over and the toe that's suppose to be in the back isn't. He has been up and trying to walk around and jump. He can stand okay but when he starts to walk he falls down and holds up his foot. I am concerned he won't be able to walk and will die because of this. I also noticed a little tiny yellow yolk sack left in the egg. Very small but it wasnt in the other eggs. The chick looks normal and i can see his yolk in him its just that one foot. Is this normal? Will he learn to adapt? Anyone else seen it?"
Someone gave me a link there on how to splint it using a little cardboard sandal and vet wrap. So I did that.
So now today (Saturday)...
I wrapped the little baby's toes/foot up. Her toe in the middle is very long and the one to the right is so tiny and so short. the one to the left is shorter as well but longer than the tiny one. Her foot just seems so messed up and I put a little sandal on it with vet wrap and did it perfectly but the little thing just seems so weak and is struggling so much to walk. Do you think the chick just needs to rest to gain more strength and get use to the splint? The splint is definitely done right and perfect it's just that her toes are so messed up and now I'm worried it's her leg too that's causing her to struggle as much as she is
I posted this yesterday (friday)
"My 12th baby hatched today (friday) around 3:30 pm and it's 9 pm now. It has been peeping and breathing and looks completely normal.
The problem is I noticed his foot is not right. All the other chicks have the normal 4 toes with the one in back and the one long one. this chick's toes are deformed on one foot. It's one toe is so long it's curled over and the toe that's suppose to be in the back isn't. He has been up and trying to walk around and jump. He can stand okay but when he starts to walk he falls down and holds up his foot. I am concerned he won't be able to walk and will die because of this. I also noticed a little tiny yellow yolk sack left in the egg. Very small but it wasnt in the other eggs. The chick looks normal and i can see his yolk in him its just that one foot. Is this normal? Will he learn to adapt? Anyone else seen it?"
Someone gave me a link there on how to splint it using a little cardboard sandal and vet wrap. So I did that.
So now today (Saturday)...
I wrapped the little baby's toes/foot up. Her toe in the middle is very long and the one to the right is so tiny and so short. the one to the left is shorter as well but longer than the tiny one. Her foot just seems so messed up and I put a little sandal on it with vet wrap and did it perfectly but the little thing just seems so weak and is struggling so much to walk. Do you think the chick just needs to rest to gain more strength and get use to the splint? The splint is definitely done right and perfect it's just that her toes are so messed up and now I'm worried it's her leg too that's causing her to struggle as much as she is
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