Please help - Quail chick leg in funny position

EmilyBerry

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Please help!
I have a quail chick that needed help out of its egg as it had been pipped with no progress for a day and a half and had become shrink wrapped in. I removed some shell and it pushed out so I left it in the incubator to dry. When I left it it was okay and moving around in the incubator like the rest had done. But when I went to check on it later in the day its leg was stuck straight out in a funny position and it will not bend it. I left it alone until the next day (today) as I assumed it would come right over night but checking this morning it hasn't and it still hasn't dried. I don't know what to do as its not drying and its leg looks like its in a backwards position and I don't know how to help.
Could it have injured its leg in some way in the incubator or could it have splayed legs but in just one leg?
Please help!

Here is a photo of the chick for reference (the funny leg is the one up high),
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Unfortunately, chicks that need assistance out of the shell often need assistance because there is something wrong with it. I don't think there's much you can do, but if it's still alive and hasn't improved, the kindest thing would probably be to cull.
 
I'm guessing it isn't still alive, is it?
Not sure there is anything you can do.
Thank you, he is still alive and trying to move around. I was going to put it's legs together with vet wrap to see if that helped.
 
Unfortunately, chicks that need assistance out of the shell often need assistance because there is something wrong with it. I don't think there's much you can do, but if it's still alive and hasn't improved, the kindest thing would probably be to cull.
Thank you 🙏, I think he has improved overnight. He is trying to be very mobile and he is a lot dryer now. I was going to bind his legs with vet wrap to see if that helps.
 

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