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chick wiv 4 toes????????

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hi iam a first time hatcher i have 4 chicks that r 2 days old but one of my chicks has 3 long toes his spear at bk and another long toe attacted is this normal ,he is walkin ok please help ???????????????hmm.png

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That's OK, silkies and some other breeds do have two back toes.  Do you know the breeds of your chicks? 

Proud owner of some nice show quality Buckeyes and Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks.  I love gardening and being outdoors.  I'm lucky to have a great family, and two cute dogs.  I live out in the country on six wooded acres and it's just paradise!  (Except the mortgage payment and bills, of course)

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Proud owner of some nice show quality Buckeyes and Silver Penciled Plymouth Rocks.  I love gardening and being outdoors.  I'm lucky to have a great family, and two cute dogs.  I live out in the country on six wooded acres and it's just paradise!  (Except the mortgage payment and bills, of course)

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I don't know much about chickens but I know some breeds of chickens have extra toes.

 

Otherwise, it's just a genetic mutation and there's nothing you can do. if it isn't hindering him, then let him be!

My chicken coop is now inhabited by chickens!

 

RIP June the chicken 4/23/13

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My chicken coop is now inhabited by chickens!

 

RIP June the chicken 4/23/13

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i was told they r welsumer x rode island and rode island x maran .hes seems ok it just looks odd lol hes cute.black fluffy colour.smile.png

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Correct me if I am wrong....Maran's have 5 toes...that's where the extra toe came from :)  Your baby is just fine :)

All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small, and all things wise and wonderful, the Lord God Made them all
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