Chick hurt

[Northchickenmomma]

My 3 week old chick has a hurt or broke leg. It's in with mom and flock. Should I bring it in to wrap leg or let it heal on its own with mom and flock? Its the black one.

 

[Themellowyellows]

How severe?

 

[Northchickenmomma]

How severe?

It doesn't put any weight on it. It drags the leg. But has been able to get into coop and eat drink

 

[Debbie292d]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

You may want to post this in our Emergency Forum.

I wonder if it's not got a disjointed hip. How many siblings does it have? If a few, maybe bring it and a buddy in so you can assess it better to see if it's a leg or hip problem.

 

[Debbie292d]

Here's a good article on slipped tendons. I'm guessing that's going to need to be either treated like splayed legs to a certain extent, where the leg will be brought closer to the other and get some exercise that way. But, if it's more a problem with it's upper leg, a chick chair might be needed to fix it.

See posts 5, 11-12. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/versions-of-chick-chairs-please.1166308/

Doing something now is important so it can heal faster than later.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Welcome to Backyard Chickens. This is a great place to explore and hang out. I agree it needs help.

 

[Themellowyellows]

It doesn't put any weight on it. It drags the leg. But has been able to get into coop and eat drink

When did this happen?

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

I am so sorry your chick is hurting. I moved this thread to our Emergency forum for more help. I hope she will be ok!

~BYC Staff

 

[Eggcessive]

Can you post some pictures of the chick? Do you have a place to set up a brooder to separate it? How old is the chick, and was it walking normal before? If the leg is dangling, that does sound broken.

 

[Northchickenmomma]

Hiya, and welcome to BYC!

You may want to post this in our Emergency Forum.

I wonder if it's not got a disjointed hip. How many siblings does it have? If a few, maybe bring it and a buddy in so you can assess it better to see if it's a leg or hip problem.

There's 3 siblings all doing great. It happened one night while in the coop with mom.