Brahmabeau
Hatching
- Jul 24, 2018
- 8
- 1
- 9
I have a bantam chick that hatched 8 days ago with very splayed legs. I hobbled to fix the splayed leg however the next day when I took them off I noticed she had slipped tendons on both legs. She was walking around in her hocks.
I splinted both legs and it her in a chick chair. The next day the right legs tendon was fixed but the left still needed longer. I splinted the left leg and left it another day before doing physio. The left leg appeared to be fixed so I put her back in the brooder walking really well. The next morning the left tendon had once again slipped. I tried splinting it and putting her back in the chick chair but she keeps escaping out of the chair by pulling her good unsplinted leg out of the chair and launching out of the chair. She’s done it multiple times.
I’ve left her to out for a day and stretched her left leg routinely backwards and tried toput the tendon back in place but it keeps popping out again.
She gets about really well and is very bright but doesn’t bear much weight if any on the left leg and used her right leg and wings to balance.
Should I try and splint both legs to stop her escaping from the chick chair or us it too late at8 days to fix the left leg. She’s s light weight bantam, could she survive with the left leg as it is.
I splinted both legs and it her in a chick chair. The next day the right legs tendon was fixed but the left still needed longer. I splinted the left leg and left it another day before doing physio. The left leg appeared to be fixed so I put her back in the brooder walking really well. The next morning the left tendon had once again slipped. I tried splinting it and putting her back in the chick chair but she keeps escaping out of the chair by pulling her good unsplinted leg out of the chair and launching out of the chair. She’s done it multiple times.
I’ve left her to out for a day and stretched her left leg routinely backwards and tried toput the tendon back in place but it keeps popping out again.
She gets about really well and is very bright but doesn’t bear much weight if any on the left leg and used her right leg and wings to balance.
Should I try and splint both legs to stop her escaping from the chick chair or us it too late at8 days to fix the left leg. She’s s light weight bantam, could she survive with the left leg as it is.