Eureka!!! I FINALLY figured out the perfect, easy way to support splayed feet!!! I had a silkie hatch this weekend, and I put some paper towel under the light, but it wandered rigtht off onto the slick paper and I didnt find it until an hour later, already splayed. Wasn't born that way... but now it was. I put it back in the incubator in a mug with a sheet of paper towel lining it. That has always been my cure. Didn't cure it. WELL... NOW for the good part! I have tried so many materials to splint feet. Tape, felt, ribbon, yarn, you name it. I saw a rubber (medical, not dishwashing) glove and a light came on. I cut a finger at a diagonal that I thought would fit the chick's legs, support them and allow him to walk, and I put the whole thing around one leg, twisted it several times, and put the other smaller loop on the other foot. It stretches a little and is soft, no hard edges, no adhesive, you can make it any size you want to fit whatever size legs your bird has... I can't wait to see if it works on lovebirds!
