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I want to be clear in that I know your starting with few birds. I myself hatched some shipped eggs this spring. I aided the latest to hatch as it was glued in...too many kids and what not. Still my runt of litter and not working well with rest of hatch mates in 23 weeks. If I was alone on a...

Bone and skeletal malformation defects would concrete your notations in banding records of those crooked toes. Any bird that passes all true hands on evaluation of skeletal body and happened to have a crook in toe at hatch in incubator with turner still in.... forget about it! May have been...

I misspoke (possible day off and few socials)- Knocked kneed is what I meant. Other major defects as they grow that are definite genetic are roach back, wry tail and....oh, I had a few but forget...many more. After you cull for those KNOWN genetic faults the last birds become clearer. The...

And that's one of the many ways banding birds aids you. You can make a boot with cut out thin cardboard and tape to keep the toes in good position. If done soon enough most toes correct in half a day. Crooked toes can be genetic and can just be minor twisting from hatching or incubator...