THIRD LEG ON CHICK

[Cecisflock]

Hiya! I'm so glad your chick is doing well and her leg looks promising! My clover has 4 legs at 7 weeks old right now. She eats fine, perches fine and poops relatively normal. I still don't know about the egg thing sorry, I am worried myself as Clover also has a vent that is off to the side.

 

[Cecisflock]

Yes, this is what I was afraid of. So, if egg bound, then she would die from this, I assume? I'm fine if she just can't lay eggs. Wouldl body just reabsorb eggs, or would egg bound mean death? I don't know if you can tell from photo, but leg is basically where vent should be, and vent is shifted to the right.

Egg bound would mean death unless treated, the body cannot reabsorb eggs. Can the babe poop ok? Mine had a LOT of pasty butt, for like 3 weeks but that has cleared up now.

 

[Cecisflock]

@Ceciliasflock has a four legged chick, and might know more about how to take care of a chick with extra limbs.

thanks for the tag!

 

[Cecisflock]

Photos

That vent is EXACTLY how clover's looked so that is promising! Ask me anything you like!

 

[KingD]

Photos

He can multi task

No seriously though, I guess it'll cause problems as it grows.
See how it gets on

 

[Cecisflock]

Oh and it is called POLYMELIA if you want to look at some case studies on it! Polymelia has a few good case studies that I live for! I can link if you like.

 

[Cecisflock]

He can multi task

No seriously though, I guess it'll cause problems as it grows.
See how it gets on

it is kind of a wait and see process isn’t it?

 

[Cecisflock]

Photos

are you 100% certain it’s a star light green egger? those are a red sex link i think

 

[KingD]

it is kind of a wait and see process isn’t it?

Well I mean, I would loooove to have 3 arms! Imagine the stuff you could do, especially if one was Longer than the others.
It could cause problems for the chick through such as blocking up the poop hole ect. It is a wait and see sort of thingy.

 

[cmom]

I have had issues with some chicks in the past but none with extra limbs. I had a chick whose insides were outside. Most chicks with issues will pass on from difficulties associated with the deformities. I think it's often better to cull them.