Chick hatched with bowed / pigeon toed / malformed legs. Can I do anything?

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

Ok, this little one is a buff brahma. The legs curve inward and almost seem to have a twist to them. The chick cannot really walk but shuffles around using it's whole leg like a foot. The few times I have seen the little tyke stand the legs just look wrong. Toes point mostly forward but have an inward tilt. This is the best pic I could get; little one on the left facing the camera. Is there anything I can do for this one? It is only about 24 hours old.

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency
could be curly toe paralysis (vit b2 deficiency)
http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html

I'd give the little one a poultry vitamin pack in the water and some scrambled egg.

An alternative possibility is:
http://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/crooked-toes
http://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/curled-toes
incubation temperatures

I don't know what the problem is with your little guy but I hope this helps.

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/publications/6/diseases-of-poultry/217/vitamin-b2-deficiency
could be curly toe paralysis (vit b2 deficiency)
http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html

I'd give the little one a poultry vitamin pack in the water and some scrambled egg.

An alternative possibility is:
http://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/crooked-toes
http://poultrykeeper.com/skeletal-and-muscular-disorders/curled-toes
incubation temperatures

I don't know what the problem is with your little guy but I hope this helps.

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

Thank you!! Spradle leg was the only leg condition I really knew about. There are vitamins in the water, I do that as part of the first five day routine but I will give them so e scrambled egg too!

 

[rbaker0345]

You need to do some physical therapy. Push the chicks leg up against the underside of its body and then stretch it straight out behind the chick, this will make sure the tendon is in the correct spot. Next, twice a day, hold the chick on its back and push the broad side of a pencil against the feet right up under the chicks belly, hopefully the chick will grip the pencil (if not, position the pads of the feet evenly on the pencil as if the chick were going to grip it). After a few days of this, there should be no sign of the original problem

 

[casportpony]

https://sites.google.com/a/poultrypedia.com/poultrypedia/poultry-podiatry

 

[Chick_In_The_Burbs]

The little one is standing this morning! And she took a few normalish steps! The legs still bow a bit but it is much less! I will try the therapy too but it looks like it may self correct!

 

[casportpony]

The little one is standing this morning! And she took a few normalish steps! The legs still bow a bit but it is much less! I will try the therapy too but it looks like it may self correct!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

The little one is standing this morning! And she took a few normalish steps! The legs still bow a bit but it is much less! I will try the therapy too but it looks like it may self correct!

Oh how wonderful!

 

[Chixstix]

You need to do some physical therapy. Push the chicks leg up against the underside of its body and then stretch it straight out behind the chick, this will make sure the tendon is in the correct spot. Next, twice a day, hold the chick on its back and push the broad side of a pencil against the feet right up under the chicks belly, hopefully the chick will grip the pencil (if not, position the pads of the feet evenly on the pencil as if the chick were going to grip it). After a few days of this, there should be no sign of the original problem

 

[Chixstix]

You need to do some physical therapy. Push the chicks leg up against the underside of its body and then stretch it straight out behind the chick, this will make sure the tendon is in the correct spot. Next, twice a day, hold the chick on its back and push the broad side of a pencil against the feet right up under the chicks belly, hopefully the chick will grip the pencil (if not, position the pads of the feet evenly on the pencil as if the chick were going to grip it). After a few days of this, there should be no sign of the original problem