MountainMeadow
In the Brooder
- Jan 17, 2024
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We have three newly hatched Brown Chinese goslings. Our first time hatching anything. They were eggs laid by our gosling that we got early last year. We incubated them ourselves.
The first gosling to fully hatch must have formed a leg issue in the egg as it never really tried much to stand and walk around like the other two. The gosling is now three days old and eating and drinking well. It is as big as the others.
However, the gosling’s foot is turned 90 degrees inwards vertically, such that if it were to walk, it would be walking on the inner side of its foot. Now when it wants to get around the gosling mostly hops with its wings out for balance and does not use the foot or leg. It appears a case of splayed leg is forming too.
I am feeding them with added niacin via nutritional yeast added to their crumbles and since the other two goslings are getting along well I don’t think it is a diet issue. Also because it was a problem right away after hatching.
I scoured these forums for what to do and found a lot of suggestions that this might be a slipped tendon rather than a birth defect like I had thought. I made a boot for the little gosling but it had the opposite effect of making the foot turn the other way so that it was getting pressured to turn upside down! So I also tried splinting the leg and foot but it would also turn the leg and foot over the wrong way. The splint joint was flimsy thin cardboard. I also tried hobbling the legs together with the boot but then the gosling got its legs stuck out behind it and couldn’t move or would get flipped onto its back and just lay there too confined to right itself.
I have some pictures I will add. The hock on the impacted leg does seem swollen to me and it does look like the tendon is not where it needs to be but then again I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing or know what I need to look for.
Does this problem seem to be a slipped tendon or something else?
I will add that when I tried to gently stretch the gosling’s leg out straight behind it, the leg would not move very much from its bent position as if the joint was stiff.
I also found this site with great details about how to try to treat a slipped tendon, but looking for any help to confirm this issue is likely slipped tendon. http://bcpoultryhobbyfarmingnetwork.weebly.com/fix-slipped-tendon.html
I’m looking for advice or suggestions for how to best care for and correct the goslings leg problem. Any responses will be greatly appreciated!
The first gosling to fully hatch must have formed a leg issue in the egg as it never really tried much to stand and walk around like the other two. The gosling is now three days old and eating and drinking well. It is as big as the others.
However, the gosling’s foot is turned 90 degrees inwards vertically, such that if it were to walk, it would be walking on the inner side of its foot. Now when it wants to get around the gosling mostly hops with its wings out for balance and does not use the foot or leg. It appears a case of splayed leg is forming too.
I am feeding them with added niacin via nutritional yeast added to their crumbles and since the other two goslings are getting along well I don’t think it is a diet issue. Also because it was a problem right away after hatching.
I scoured these forums for what to do and found a lot of suggestions that this might be a slipped tendon rather than a birth defect like I had thought. I made a boot for the little gosling but it had the opposite effect of making the foot turn the other way so that it was getting pressured to turn upside down! So I also tried splinting the leg and foot but it would also turn the leg and foot over the wrong way. The splint joint was flimsy thin cardboard. I also tried hobbling the legs together with the boot but then the gosling got its legs stuck out behind it and couldn’t move or would get flipped onto its back and just lay there too confined to right itself.
I have some pictures I will add. The hock on the impacted leg does seem swollen to me and it does look like the tendon is not where it needs to be but then again I feel like I don’t know what I’m doing or know what I need to look for.
Does this problem seem to be a slipped tendon or something else?
I will add that when I tried to gently stretch the gosling’s leg out straight behind it, the leg would not move very much from its bent position as if the joint was stiff.
I also found this site with great details about how to try to treat a slipped tendon, but looking for any help to confirm this issue is likely slipped tendon. http://bcpoultryhobbyfarmingnetwork.weebly.com/fix-slipped-tendon.html
I’m looking for advice or suggestions for how to best care for and correct the goslings leg problem. Any responses will be greatly appreciated!
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