Backyard Chickens (and Other Birds)

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This is a community for people who keep chickens in their back yard. This includes pets, layers, and meaties at levels that are sub-industrial. Family farms and homesteads are included.

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The Fediverse is small. There probably aren't enough people here to make up a community for every type of bird that someone might keep so for now, everyone is welcome. Bring us your ducks and geese, turkeys and quail, Guineas and Peacocks, emus and parrots. The community will be focused on chickens but until there are enough of each bird community for their own community they will find care and comfort here.

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There may be discussions of animal processing. This is part of chicken keeping. If you don't like it leave and block the community.

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5-6 week old chick with splayed legs, can I do anything? (feddit.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by Babalugats@feddit.uk to c/backyardchickens@lemmy.ca

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    Me again..  🤕

The same chick that has the crooked beak/cross-beak has splayed legs. I noticed about a week ago that she had little balance, but I thought it was possibly related to the beak.

Now I feel confident that it is splayed legs. I have read that I should act as quick as possible, and that she likely had them from hatching. I have seen a short video online that showed somebody had made a sling for their older chick to help it stand. I think it was tiktok or similar but I can't find it again.

I attempted a splint/legs brace but because she is older than the ones that I have found online, I don't know if I should make it above or below her 'knees'.. (A quick search says I am referring to their ankles & heels)

When I put it below her ankles, it didn't really seem to help and was more restricting, but above them and I am not sure that i had it on correctly.

I don't have a photo of the 'splint' on, but there isn't one on at the moment, because I couldn't figure out the best option.

Sorry for the long video. About 40 seconds in you can see her sliding on the floor (I removed the newspaper to help) but no matter how much bedding I put in, the others kick it away and the floor becomes slippy for her (she was never slipping before the past week).

Picture of her feet (if it helps at all?)

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[–] schmorpel@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 months ago

It sometimes is, although sometimes you can do miracles on younger animals.

Someone gave me an older chicken the other week, it was clearly genetically unsound to begin with (too many toes) and couldn't walk anymore. I made it into soup quickly. It just makes more sense for everyone involved to keep a healthy and robust flock. If we humans don't get involved with that ourselves the buzzards will.

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