Splay leg

[LaurenRitz]

This little one jumped out of my hands while I was transferring her from the incubator to the brooder. She had splay leg so I gave her a brace.

She's running and playing now, but still splays a bit when on a smooth surface.

I kept her and two companion chicks inside when I transferred the others to the outdoor brooder. Any suggestions as to when I can put them out? Now? Or wait another day?

 

[ZZbean]

Best to start as soon as possible with correcting with braces youtube and other forms on here will give you some great technics. Best of luck

 

[LaurenRitz]

I gave her a brace for her first 3 days, as mentioned in the post.

 

[ZZbean]

Is there a reason you took it off?

 

[LaurenRitz]

Is there a reason you took it off?

She kept taking it off and was walking normally without it. The 2nd picture above is the remaining "splay" when she's on a slick surface.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I rarely brace, they hate it. I have had chick that were bad enough to be called Quazzy. What I did with that chick was held him back to be with younger chicks and the leg got better.

The one below- Finn unfortunately didn't get better But he raised many batches of chicks.