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Date Posted: 07:41:21 03/02/12 Fri
Author: D C T friendly poultry orthopedist
Subject: Re: Day old Guinea keet with leg sticking out behind
In reply to: Chad Peterson 's message, "Day old Guinea keet with leg sticking out behind" on 20:36:56 03/01/12 Thu

You can check the Achilles tendon by looking at the hock
joints (where chick fuzz ends and scale covered shin bone
begins)--Look at rear of both legs and compare them.
A displaced tendon will bulge to one side of joint instead
of being centered in the groove where it belongs.
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But from what you tell me the problem is more likely to be
straddle legs. The two causes of this are weakness or
injury. The treatment for straddle legs is the "hobble
brace". A picture of this can be found at
www.peafowl.org/ARTICLES/1/
You can photograph your guinea's legs close up and post
photo at villagephotos.com or photobucket and then put
the link on this forum or you can try sending photo
directly to me

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