The splint on his toes worked great, then when I took it off, I realized that he can't get his legs up under him. Got to searching and found spraddle leg?! I think that's what it's called. Splinted his legs together, now, he/she's doing fantastic!!! standing up, trying to run. You can see his bad leg/foot. One of his toes didn't straighten out, but I'll take what I can get. Maybe through time it'll fix itself. Still not sure what the lump on his back end is/was, but now it's all squishy. he's pooping up a storm, eating and drinking, so i'm thinking i'll just go with it! hopefully it's nothing major. He's very active and VERY loud! Tomorrow I'll take the splint off and put him back with his friend.
I'll get some better pics when I put them back together. Ahh!! I just love them so much. THEY'RE SO FLUFFY!!! (for those who have seen despicable me)
Kimbroe, your yellow chick doesn't have a big problem with toes curling. I just see 1 toe with a bit of angle but I don't think it's that bad. I have a chick that has 3 toes curling under the foot so it wobbled when it walked. After searching the site for info, these links showed me what to do. Now every day or so, I'm putting a little "boot" on his bad foot. I found it very hard to hold him and tape his toes down straight at the same time. I'm alone most of the time. In over 20 yrs. of chickens, from blue blood SQ, breeder's best, hatchery stock, barnyard mixes, I've never had a problem like this! Someone said it will show up when bloodlines have been bred too close, like father with daughter, but there are other reasons such as vitamin deficiencies. Anyway, from what I read, a chicken with curled toes may always have a claw foot or be unable to perch, mate or lay eggs so I'm trying to help it. The toes keep wanting to curl under and it's really hard to make sure the boot is on good, not too tight or will stop blood flow, etc. Since my chick is growing really fast I keep changing the boot to a bit bigger. I've copied 2 links so any one can read over them. You may not want to go there.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/51112/chick-with-curled-toes
https://sites.google.com/a/larsencreek.com/chicken-orthopedics/leg-braces