Is there a way to help a chick with a broken leg? Happy pic update!

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Oh I just found this post! What a happy ending
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Yeah. And about the black chick's hatch mate, how did he get his color? His dad was a RIR and the mom was a cornish cross.
 
Another update! Crip is nine weeks old, and definitely a pullet. Ever since the injury she has feathered slowly and is a little bit smaller than the other chicks. She has completely healed, and now has most of her feathers in, so I decided to take some pics.
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Here's a picture I took this morning:
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She walks around perfectly and you wouldn't have ever known she had a hurt leg if I hadn't told you. Thanks for all the help, she's doing fine now!
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So I realize this is an older post, I am pretty new to raising birds,but one of my turkey chicks about a week old , has a sore leg, it won't walk on it hardly, it does for a while but then just kinda lays there, I've seen it stretch it out, it quivers quite a bit too, it looks swollen and awfully sore, what to do
 
melbel said:
Growing up, I found a chick at the local feedstore with a broken leg. Everyone said they should put him down, but the lady was kind enough to send her home with me and give her a chance. We splinted the leg with popsicle sticks and masking tape, and made her a working Lego wheelchair with a padded bed so she could push around with her good leg- no joke! The leg healed, but she was never able to bend it again (make sure you splint it properly, better then a 5 year old), but she lived to a ripe old age and gimped around happily the rest of her days. She never laid, and I had to tend to her religiously for the first couple months, teaching her to eat and drink around her funny leg, but after the initial injury she showed no signs of shock or discomfort. I guess the moral of my tale is it's worth giving her a chance, especially if there's a sweet kid around to nurse her back and provide her lots of love and stuffed animals /img/smilies/wink.png Life is precious, and through my experience I believe it would be a wonderful teaching tool for your child to see so much effort put into easing the poor thing's suffering and caring for her, even if she doesn't pull through.
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Hello!!!! I too went to a feed store and recued a broken leg fella!
Can you explain to me step-by-step how to make a splint please?
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