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Chirping
- Dec 17, 2020
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Hiya, my showgirl chicks hatched last weekend and one of them (named Mouse) has an issue with her feet. Her outer toes seem unusually short and she holds them very close to her middle toes, which then means the toes the other side then curl round. She could walk initially, in her own way, but after a couple of days she also developed spraddle leg, I think as she just isn't distributing her weight correctly and therefore developed weakness. She has had a leg brace on for the last 4 days which has more or less corrected the spraddle leg. I am loathe to take it off her while her foot issue isn't resolved though as I think the same thing would happen again. I am attempting to correct her feet with shoes made out of thin plastic and micropore tape, which hold her feet in a more correct position. I guess my question is has anyone managed to correct issues like this previously? I don't expect her to ever have totally normal feet, but would like her to be able to walk without the leg brace or the shoes. Photos show her with her worst foot as is and then with the shoes on. Thanks