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Date Posted: 08:57:27 09/18/12 Tue
Author: Jo
Subject: Re: Newly Hatched Chick with Curled Foot
In reply to: Jo 's message, "Newly Hatched Chick with Curled Foot" on 03:40:52 09/16/12 Sun

Thanks DC. I thought I'd post in here an update because the updates from another conversation you've had on here with Donna was very helpful to me, so I figured others may get benefit from our story too.

Little Boots had her shoes removed after 36 hours & her feet were much straighter than before, and she could walk, but still her middle toes in particular were twisted. The hobbles remained on for another day.

After sending photo's, DC thought it was not an Achilles tendon problem for Boots, and instead it may well be a twisted tibia.

Tonight I took Boots' hobbles off to see how she was standing without them. Her leg seems to bend outwards at the hock joint & it looks like she'd be quite knock kneed if we did nothing to help her. I've had another chook before whose legs were so badly crossed over at the hocks that he had to be put down. He was a very lovely rooster called Postman Cheesey (named by my then 3 year old) but he couldn't walk properly & spent much of his time sitting down.

Is this a sign of a twisted tibia? Or is there something malformed in the hock joint? I put new shoes on her tonight to straighten her toes more & more hobbles. This time Lisa Simpson band-aids. :)

I'll email more photo's to you now, DC. Your help, this forum and people sharing their stories is invaluable. Thank you so much. I just hope we can help poor little Boots. I'm rather attached to her now!

Jo

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