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Well I am not sure yeat but I think that I may be ****** at myself for doing something that I have yet to do in the last 6 hatchings.  I have hatched out over 400 chicks in the last couple of months or so and I have never had splayed legs.  Didn't even know what it was.  Instesd of letting the babies hatch out on the small 1/4 in wire that comes in the bottom of the GQF incubators (like ive done so far) I thought that I would put papertowels in the bottom to make easier cleanup after the hatching.  I have also read in here that alot of people put the papertowels down for hatching.  They started hatching on sunday and I was going to take the top off tonight and put them in the brooder, I have peeked in the quite a bit and I think I have several with splay legs.  What do you do if I have alot that has it.  Some of them looked as if they couldn't even stand. 

 

I will have more info to sahre tonight when I take the top off but here on out I will never put another piece of papertowel in the incubator again for hatching.

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I wouldn't think the paper towel had anything to do with having splayed legs.  It provides a slip-free surface.  Newspaper can be slippery and shouldn't be used..  You can treat it early with a bandaid holding their legs together for about 3 days.  You may be dealing with something else--a temperature problem during hatch or genetics.  

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