RootandRoost
Songster
My 6 new chicks arrived today. One of them seems to possibly have spraddle leg...but, if so, it's very mild. I tried to use the bandaid method but got it on crooked. So, had to take it off which was very traumatic. It pulled her fluff horribly and some of it is still stuck to her leg.
In the 3 hours I've had her home, she seems to be much better. She still has a wider stance than the other chicks but she can lie down now. At first she would just fall asleep standing and her head would fall backwards a bit. But, she's lying down normally now. Maybe it was all just trauma from the shipping?
These chicks are going to broody hens tonight. I've had great fortune with slipping chicks under my broody girls.
Does anyone have an opinion on any of this? Should I put her under a broody? How do I get that little bit of bandaid off? It's really stuck.
Does a chick's spraddle leg every correct itself if it's very mild?
She is a Speckled Sussex.
In the 3 hours I've had her home, she seems to be much better. She still has a wider stance than the other chicks but she can lie down now. At first she would just fall asleep standing and her head would fall backwards a bit. But, she's lying down normally now. Maybe it was all just trauma from the shipping?
These chicks are going to broody hens tonight. I've had great fortune with slipping chicks under my broody girls.
Does anyone have an opinion on any of this? Should I put her under a broody? How do I get that little bit of bandaid off? It's really stuck.
Does a chick's spraddle leg every correct itself if it's very mild?
She is a Speckled Sussex.