Straddle leg options : 2 week old

[KarinF]

Hi. I have a cute 2 week old chick with straddle leg. It’s been happy and not in pain. It is slightly swollen at the joint but not inflamed. I have put a elastic leg with straw on for two weeks now. Also been adding vitamins to water. No improvement. I have also messaged the tendons behind the leg daily but no improvement. Will it fix eventually if I keep the elastic on? Will it have a ‘sort of normal life with a disability or is culling best?

 

[lbgreenfield]

Hi. Bumping for more views and tagging a few others that might be able to help:
@azygous
@Kiki
@aart
@Eggcessive

 

[azygous]

The chick can recover from this. No need to cull.

The crooked toes need chick shoes. The crooked leg could be slipped tendon. It can't hurt to use the tendon reset routine to correct it, then use the bandaid or Vetrap hobble to bring the legs into vertical alignment.

To reset a slipped tendon, hold your left hand out, palm up, fingers toward the right, in front of your chest. Lay the chick's belly in your left hand, feet pointing back toward your body, overhanging your pinky finger/palm. Grasp the feet and legs between your right thumb and forefinger.
Slowly lower your left hand like you're going to pitch a soft ball and let the bird dangle for just a few seconds. Twist your wrist outward, and the bird's reaction should be to lift its head and body upward toward your hand. Keep your hand under, but not touching. When it does, you can re-grab the body.
This will sometimes "reset" a slipped hip or knee joint. It won't hurt the chick. It may work. It may not if the injury has set.

Here's one method of constructing a hobble from hair ties. https://www.famofeeds.com/poultry-quick-tips-spraddle-legs/

Here's how to make chick shoes. https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/h...Crooked-Toes-on-Chickens-Causes-and-Treatment

 

[KarinF]

The chick can recover from this. No need to cull.

The crooked toes need chick shoes. The crooked leg could be slipped tendon. It can't hurt to use the tendon reset routine to correct it, then use the bandaid or Vetrap hobble to bring the legs into vertical alignment.

To reset a slipped tendon, hold your left hand out, palm up, fingers toward the right, in front of your chest. Lay the chick's belly in your left hand, feet pointing back toward your body, overhanging your pinky finger/palm. Grasp the feet and legs between your right thumb and forefinger.
Slowly lower your left hand like you're going to pitch a soft ball and let the bird dangle for just a few seconds. Twist your wrist outward, and the bird's reaction should be to lift its head and body upward toward your hand. Keep your hand under, but not touching. When it does, you can re-grab the body.
This will sometimes "reset" a slipped hip or knee joint. It won't hurt the chick. It may work. It may not if the injury has set.

Here's one method of constructing a hobble from hair ties. https://www.famofeeds.com/poultry-quick-tips-spraddle-legs/

Here's how to make chick shoes. https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/h...Crooked-Toes-on-Chickens-Causes-and-Treatment

The chick can recover from this. No need to cull.

The crooked toes need chick shoes. The crooked leg could be slipped tendon. It can't hurt to use the tendon reset routine to correct it, then use the bandaid or Vetrap hobble to bring the legs into vertical alignment.

To reset a slipped tendon, hold your left hand out, palm up, fingers toward the right, in front of your chest. Lay the chick's belly in your left hand, feet pointing back toward your body, overhanging your pinky finger/palm. Grasp the feet and legs between your right thumb and forefinger.
Slowly lower your left hand like you're going to pitch a soft ball and let the bird dangle for just a few seconds. Twist your wrist outward, and the bird's reaction should be to lift its head and body upward toward your hand. Keep your hand under, but not touching. When it does, you can re-grab the body.
This will sometimes "reset" a slipped hip or knee joint. It won't hurt the chick. It may work. It may not if the injury has set.

Here's one method of constructing a hobble from hair ties. https://www.famofeeds.com/poultry-quick-tips-spraddle-legs/

Here's how to make chick shoes. https://meyerhatchery.zendesk.com/h...Crooked-Toes-on-Chickens-Causes-and-Treatment

Thank you so much! I am trying all of the above. You have been a great help