Rural Gardening: New here, 0 by DrDoolotz

DrDoolotz wrote:
The problem in this situation is that the chick can't stand up properly. It just falls over on its side/back every time it tries to walk. You can stand it up and it will hold for a second and then fall over if it tries to move. If you tie the legs together, gently, with a length of soft wool, and you tie them with appropriate slack between so that they will be able to move normally, sometimes it fixes the problem. You can do the same for splayed leg (also called spraddle leg) when the leg sticks out to the side. That is a much easier fix. I have had this leg/fall over thing about 4 times and I have fixed it twice, the other times the chick just can't move to eat and drink and it dies. I know it is very sad and hard to take, believe me, it just ruins me every time something goes wrong with a chick.

Here is how it looks. This one did great and is fine now.