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Date Posted: 09:45:26 06/12/12 Tue
Author: Tracy Perez
Subject: Re: 6week old chick gets twisted leg overnight!
In reply to: D C T friendly poultry orthopedist 's message, "Re: 6week old chick gets twisted leg overnight!" on 09:26:49 06/12/12 Tue

Thanks so much for your response. I thought I may try to make a soft splint, like a knee immobilizer for her but I am thinking it may be more humane for my husband to put her down. This is my first attempt at raising laying hens. They are thriving and I can literally see them growing each day. They are really getting big and heavy at only a few weeks old. I don't want her to become easy prey or get picked on. Her leg used to just bend in medially like a person with polio, now it collapses and literally bends forward with her foot facing her tail :( What are your thoughts?

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