Sprained Tendon in Chick, Vets Can't Help

mamachicken090900

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Aug 21, 2018
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A chick of mine hatched 2 days ago (8/19/18), and as soon as I took it out of the incubator it wouldn't walk on its left leg. After doing some research on the forums, I found this:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...yone-ever-try-to-fix-this-experiences.879233/

Although I can't say for sure, as this is the first time I've seen something like this, I'm 99% sure it's a sprained tendon. I've tried to follow the instructions on the thread, but it doesn't seem to be popping back in. I don't know if this is because I'm just not applying enough force to it (I'm afraid I might break its little leg) or if it just can't be popped back in. I've called 5 pet hospitals in the area and contacted the breeder I got the eggs from, and they'd all refer me to pet hospitals I already called or the thread listed above. A chick actually just hatched as I was writing this and it looks like it might have the same problem, although I'm not sure just yet.

Can anyone help me with this? Anything I could try would be heavily appreciated.
 
Temp is 100 and humidity level is 75
Has your humidity been this high the while time?
Something is weird...to have to chicks hatch of different breeds to hatch out like this. I'm not saying you did anything...I'm just trying to gather more info while we wait for @casportpony to tell you how to fix them because I do not know.
 
For some reason it won't let me post a video, but here are pictures of Nova (black) and Poppy (gold)

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