spraddle leg

  1. Joannaz

    Help!! Spraddle leg??

    Hey! I had a black rosecomb chick hatch in the incubator a few days ago but realised she has spraddle leg. I tried to use the elastic band trick but she’s so tiny it didn’t really work. Vet tape kept falling off so I used micropore tape in the end. However, she’s still not putting any...
  2. B

    Does my chick have Spraddle legs??

    She’s a day and some time old. I’m new to all this and can’t tell if she’s Spraddled. I know she has curly toes but what do you think?? If so what should I do. She can’t stand on her feet. And walks around like that. (Third picture)
  3. Chickens are really cute

    Baby chick with a hole in her stomach?

    We recently got a few Ameraucana chicks (currently around 4 days old.) We noticed how of these chicks was reluctant to move and stood away from the group. We brought her inside and discovered she had spraddle leg! When we were trying to put the hobbles on her legs I noticed how she had a bloated...
  4. RoseMcAfre

    Mild Spraddle/Splayed Leg Help Please

    Hello all, I’m a first time chick keeper here and had my first two eggs hatch out on Friday 5th. A Lavender Pekin and a Lavender Araucana. They seem to be eating and drinking ok, but the Araucana (15hrs younger still seems a bit wobblier and has a wider stance than its Pekin sister. I’m...
  5. jbher

    Day old chick can’t walk - legs are forward *help!*

    I’ve had chickens for 6 years and have raised lots of chicks. Have dealt with spraddle leg before but this doesn’t appear to be the same. This bantam Cochin just hatched last night and had appeared fine in the incubator the first few hours. Then progressively “her” little legs would only go out...
  6. B

    Premie chick? Cant walk! With GIFs. PLEASE HELP!

    Hi, i hatched my first chick in a DIY incubator (my mistake) and there were severe temperature fluctuations. My chick hatched very sticky, and it took 2 days after the first pip. I ended up having to help it out of the shell, its legs were too weak (i helped on day 2, very slowly and carefully)...
  7. E

    Intermittent spraddle leg

    Hello all, I hatched 2 bantam chicks (breed unknown so far, I have quite a mixture) in my incubator. One of them seems to have leg issues - I will refer to the chick as she/her but obv I have no idea what sex yet, I just don't like saying ‘it’ - her first night she could only shuffle backwards...
  8. N

    Weak Silkie/Possible Splay Leg?

    Hi! This is my first time raising baby chicks and one of my chicks seems to be having some troubles. I picked her/him up at about a day old. She was super sleepy and wouldn't eat/drink/move. It seems like her legs are really wide but don't seem to be quite as splayed as alot of the photos I've...
  9. ChickChic00

    Chick can't walk

    I can't remember exactly how old the chick is but I'm certain its at least a month and a half. Chick is using wings to try and balance itself, sleeps on side where right leg joint is. It looks like it's having trouble using that leg. I don't think it's spraddle leg, but I could be wrong. I've...
  10. M

    New Duck Momma!

    Hey all, I am A new duck mama from Michigan. I raised 2 chickens years ago and often looked to this site to search information. We recently purchased 8 ducklings To help manage the duckweed in our pond, thinking we could raise them to adulthood… Introduce them to our pond and they would be...
  11. GoatDragonFarms

    Spraddle leg 8 week old

    Three weeks ago we moved our hatchery chicks outside, and in the process had an accident with one of the Spitzhauben kids. This is totally, entirely, 120% our fault and I am the first to own that. Little girl Hobbes has been having symptoms of what appears to be spraddle or splayed leg in her...
  12. rascal66

    Trying to correct splay leg

    I have a chick here who just turned 1 week old.. I only now just realized that it had one splayed leg. I don't have before pics, but I attempted a brace (with the only tools I had) and am wondering if it looks okay? I used a bandaid around the legs and reinforced with a little electric tape...
  13. PeepersMama

    Chick with twisted/Sraddle legs

    We hatched some chicks in school a couple weeks ago, but timed it really poorly and they hatched over spring break (teacher took the incubator to her house so they weren't unsupervised). Nine out of twelve hatched, and one of them has really bad spraddle leg. Problem is, they don't just stick...
  14. G

    Chick leg issues

    Hello, I need some help with a chick. I had two with straddle legs and I did the vet wrap trick the one did great and has been walking great. The other one does not seem to be able to get legs under him even with the vet wrap. He just like sits back on his back with legs out front?? How do I...
  15. MarlyMonster

    13 day old duckling with spraddle leg or pulled muscle?

    One of my 13 day old ducklings just slipped and his left leg seems to be pulling to the side. Should I be worried? It’s not out of its socket or anything, just seems to kinda be sliding out like he’s doing the split with one leg. He’s already a little handicapped so I’m just worried about him...
  16. MarlyMonster

    Spraddle leg or pulled muscle in 13 day old duckling?

    One of my two ducklings just slipped and now his left leg is kinda sticking out to the side. Did he just pull a muscle and will it go back to normal on its own or should I worry about spraddle leg? I’ve already looked it up and found out how to correct it but I have no clue if it would even work...
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  17. Hepzabeth

    Spraddle Leg and Curled Feet?

    First time looking after new chicks and I guess we already failed on the correct bedding. We were using puppy pads and a sprinkle of pine shavings and as a result we noticed a chick just sitting unable to walk in the brooder. The legs look both quite far apart from each other and it’s toes have...
  18. Kaidorke

    Spraddled legs and curled foot?

    hi there I have a chick who was in his shell for 40hrs after pipping. I noticed he has a curled foot, I’ve made a boot for both feet as I notice his other foot looks a bit wonky maybe. Before this I put a brace on him for spraddled feet, but figured he won’t need that brace if his feet are...
  19. viacky

    Day old silkie chick - splayed legs

    After a disastrous hatch, with the broody abandoning her eggs right at the crucial moment. I've had one lovely silkie hatch out, but unsurprisingly given the turmoil of her hatching, she has some problems. She has quite a bad case of splayed legs, which hopefully you can make out in the picture...
  20. Haleyrbloom

    Post spraddle legged pullet not thriving...Need advice.

    Hello. I am still pretty new to the chicken game. (About 11 weeks.) I was picking up some more chickens from a breeder (yes, chicken math is real,) and she asked if she could give me a chick. It had spraddle legs. The chick was at the bottom of the brooder trying to move with chicks jumping on...
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