Slipped tendon - do I straighten leg?

[Windfola]

I have a 2 day old chick who arrived with a slipped tendon. I could feel the tendon out of place and was able to push it back and wrap it. We have her in a “chicken chair” so she cannot put weight on the leg. When I re-wrapped the leg last night I couldn’t feel the tendon out of place.

Her leg is still at a very odd angle. Should I be trying to get the leg to line up more normally? Or do I wait for it to stabilize, then work on realignment through other therapy once it’s stabilized?

Just trying to figure out what the next step is.

 

[azygous]

Hold your left hand out, palm up, fingers toward the right, in front of your chest. Lay the chick's belly in your left hand, feet pointing back toward your body, overhanging your pinky finger/palm. Grasp the feet and legs between your right thumb and forefinger. Slowly lower your left hand (kinda bowling ball or lawn-dart starting motion) and let the bird dangle for just a few seconds. Twist your wrist outward, and the bird's reaction should be to lift its head/chest/body upward toward your hand. Keep your hand under, but not touching. This will sometimes "reset" a slipped hip or knee joint. It won't hurt the chick.

 

[Eggcessive]

The tendon is either slipped or she has a leg bone deformity. You can try to fix a slipped tendon, but with a low success rate, unfortunately. Leg bone deformities, such as varus or vagus deformity, or twisted tibia are not fixable. Sometimes it is hard to tell which problem they have until they grow a bit. Here is a good article with info on putting the tendon in place in the second paragraph:
https://www.chickenheavenonearth.co...u-can-do-to-help-chicken-heaven-on-earth.html
Here is a link about leg bone deformities:
https://thepoultrysite.com/articles/leg-health-in-large-broilers