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new chick with a lame leg !
« on: January 22, 2012, 20:53 »
I've Just hatched 10 chicks in the incubator but one has a lame leg and keeps falling on its back, dose anyone think it will heal or should I put it out of its misery.

thanks.
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Re: new chick with a lame leg !
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 20:57 »
it sounds like spraddle leg/splay leg. How to treat can be found here:-

http://www.poultryhelp.com/spraddle.html
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