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Date Posted: 19:19:01 02/24/12 Fri
Author: D C T friendly poultry orthopedist
Subject: Re: Baby chick born with crippled leg /chicken
In reply to: Cheryl Palmer (sad) 's message, "Baby chick born with crippled leg /chicken" on 15:13:02 02/24/12 Fri

This is VERY likely to be a displaced Achilles tendon
which often occurs when a chick has a hard time kicking off
the eggshell. This tendon connects muscles on the back of
the tibia (drum stick) to the lower leg (the part that has
scales) The Achilles tendon belongs in a groove in the
ends of the bones but injury can push it to the side.
When this happens the lower leg can not move. You can see
this problem by comparing the bad leg with the good one.
You will see the tendon bulging to the side of the joint.
It is easy to push it back to the center with very gentle
squeeze between thumb and finger. If this is done very
soon after the injury it may stay in place and look just
like a miracle. But if there is swelling du to inflamation
that "chick chair" is used to rest the leg so that it can
heal.

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