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Date Posted: 19:45:25 05/15/12 Tue
Author: Trish Matherson
Subject: Chick with Dodgy leg

Hi, I have an Orpington chick who had a badly splayed leg (just the one). I managed to get the leg in a bit by hobbling it, but each time I took it off to see how much strength there was in the leg, it was clearly not ready, soi kpt going. Now it seems the hock has dropped in, and the foot is again going out, still not as bad, and the chick still uses it. The right leg is fine, but the left hock is slightly swollen (probably at least in part because of all my fiddling around with it).
Aside from limping abit the chick moves around, eats and drinks happily, but it does lie down a fair bit and I'd really love to see it chargingaround with the others.
At the moment I have strapped a wedge shaped piece of foam underneath it, and between its hocks, to hold the joint straighter, whilst also hobbling it lower down - no mean feat when it's legs are pretty short anyway.
Do you have any better suggestions because I don't imagine the wedge is going to stay in place long? I tried doing a wider hobble with stiffening in the middle but it didn't hold the hock out.
Grateful for any tips - thanks.

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