Crooked Toes

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bigT88

bigT88

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7 Years
May 17, 2012
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Just noticed my one chick about 5 or 6 weeks old has crooked toes. I believe this is new never noticed it before. Kinda freaks me out, look even more like an alien. Anyways it gets around fine, doesnt seem to bother the chick. Can i fix this, and if so is it beneficial.
 
I have an 8-week old Speckled Sussex who's left outside toe is rotated 90 degress so the "claw" faces backwards instead of down. She eats, perches, flys and lands just fine. She's a sweetie and seems not even to notice. I'm leaving mine alone as she's happy, healthy and getting along fine and I'm guessing that yours will be o.k. as well. Good luck with her.
 
I have 2 chickens that have more then 1 crooked toe.it is starting to freak me out.one of them can't walk!
 
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If you are seeing the crooked toes develop in older birds there is an environment issue causing it, or it was there from chickhood and didn't get noticed. The only real solution is culling birds who cannot live a healthy life due to movement problems. You can fix some problems with the feet when they are chicks but by 3-4 weeks you are really out of options unless you take a $2 dollar bird for a $100+ vet visit. There are plenty of healthy happy birds out there with crooked toes, just remember to do the right thing if they ever cause quality of life issues for the bird.
 
My Americana and EE pullet have crocked toes.Last summer the EEO did get her toe hung in a crack on a board.i almost lost her.she was suspended up side down and the other chickens pecked her bald.so DH went through the coop and run and made sure the boards were covered .other wise they eat drink and walk just fine.
 
it you get them wile there young it is so easy to cure, you just have to get a piece of small tubing like really small to go around the toe holding it stait and tape it there. leave that for like 1-2 weeks and it will heal, however it dose not effect a hen to have a crocked toe it is undesirable in show terms
 
I noticed my fast growing birds have a greater tendency to have crooked toes. Ofcourse, all my larger birds are production type birds and likely inbred to the max
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My 'RIR' have the twisted outer toes. One of my white rocks has a toe that looks like it has been broken, but I had not noticed it before and she sits on me daily. None of them are cooperative enough to tape their toes, so they best hope they can get around with crooked toes or they're gonna be dinner at some point.
 

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