One of my FBCM chicks has a bum leg.

[natemoore1986]

It looks like her right knee hyper...actually, over-extends. She’s putting all her weight on the left leg.

About two weeks old. What do I do?

 

[Silky45]

Looks broke . My chicks arrived and 2 had major leg issues I brought them to the vet immediately after I had the others settled in there new home. The vet said that it’s little leg was broke and I requested she be put down and the other had goofy silkie feet and turned out she was just struggling a bit . She is fine now just a bit of a tippy toe Walker . And yes put down not culled. I’m just not that person. I would not recommend waiting too long as no animal should suffer in pain. Good luck and I hope it’s just splay or something fixable.

 

[natemoore1986]

I watched a few youtube videos and decided to made a splint out of a plastic Q-tip. I moved the flock to a larger brooder in my workshop, and left this one by herself in the house. The Q-tip seems to be helping to keep her leg in a good position. She isn’t getting accosted by 15 other crowd-surfacing chicks and is resting now.

 

[natemoore1986]

The leg has been in a splint for a week. Is that long enough, or should I leave it on longer?

 

[Clover4208]

The leg has been in a splint for a week. Is that long enough, or should I leave it on longer?

Try taking it off and seeing how your chick walks. If that looks ok then keep it off and if it still hobbles put it back on

 

[Chicalina]

It does look broken from that video. If you take off the splint, take another video and post it. Chicks heal really quickly so 1 week might be long enough.

Hope the little one does well.

 

[natemoore1986]

I removed the splint. She does seem to be walking more normally. I think I'll keep her away from the other 15 pullets for a while because they like to crowd surf when they're panicking. Besides, the little light Sussex chick I saved from certain death the other day likes her.