Spread out legs! Help!

[sunflower7]

I am new at hatching keets! I've hatched chickens, but new to keets. This is my second hatch (the first hatch went fine), and I have one keet whose legs are really spread apart. Do I need to try to tie them together a little? He seems to have difficulty getting them under him. I have put paper towels in the bottom of their little housing to help, and it did help a little but they are still spread out too far.

Also, one of the keets that hatched this morning seems to have red tissue protruding out his rear. Could that be a prolapse of sorts?? Can anyone out there help me with these questions? Help!

 

[R2elk]

I am new at hatching keets! I've hatched chickens, but new to keets. This is my second hatch (the first hatch went fine), and I have one keet whose legs are really spread apart. Do I need to try to tie them together a little? He seems to have difficulty getting them under him. I have put paper towels in the bottom of their little housing to help, and it did help a little but they are still spread out too far.

Also, one of the keets that hatched this morning seems to have red tissue protruding out his rear. Could that be a prolapse of sorts?? Can anyone out there help me with these questions? Help!

The leg issue can usually be sorted out by providing a means of holding the legs closer together such as using a narrow strip of tape for a couple of days.

The red tissue is probably some incompletely absorbed yolk sack with associated blood membranes.

 

[sunflower7]

Thanks bunches! Is there any kind of tape that works the best? Just scotch tape?

 

[R2elk]

Thanks bunches! Is there any kind of tape that works the best? Just scotch tape?

I just used scotch tape cut lengthwise to make it narrower and long enough that I could tape it back on itself to keep the sticky side of the tape covered. Here is a post about another method to use although I would use a piece of small diameter tubing instead of a straw.

I have a problem with some some of my keets and I saw this! It's ingenious!

 

[sunflower7]

Great idea. I'll try it. Thanks a bunch R2elk!