Hi everyone - any help on this will be really appreciated. I bought an 8 week old chick and it’s leg is completely out sideways! It is happy and manages to get around fine but is walking on it’s hock with its foot out to a 90o angle. It has use of its foot for scratching, etc but cannot use it to walk on without it flipping out and raising up. At first I thought a slipped tendon because you can feel a grind/small pop when you extend the leg - but I braced it and the whole leg still turns out sideways. Could this be a rotated femur? I can’t get a picture until this arvo and vets in my area are useless with poultry (I have to tell them what is wrong and what I need). Here is a really bad example of an overhead view of her to give you all an idea of what I mean until I get home
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haha - it’s terrible but that is how the foot sits when she is walking. It’s floppy and lifts up if she is walking on long grass. My gut says it is a slipped tendon but the whole leg turning when braced and taped really confused me. Any help will be amazing!! Thank you in advance!
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haha - it’s terrible but that is how the foot sits when she is walking. It’s floppy and lifts up if she is walking on long grass. My gut says it is a slipped tendon but the whole leg turning when braced and taped really confused me. Any help will be amazing!! Thank you in advance!
