Odd leg please help

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daskhan

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I've notice a few wierd things with my chicks legs and feet it's only with my black orps all others are fine but a few have toes that curl to the side instead of straight but what really alarmed me is one was standing with his feet oposite to each other like it was broke but when I went to grab him he ran like it was fine and he will stand on a purch normal but when on the ground stand with his legs reverse each other
 
Curled toes can be hereditary, but other bone deformities in poultry may be from vitamin or trace mineral deficiency in the parent stock. I would probably get a poultry vitamin with minerals supplement for their feed or water. Deficiencies of calcium, phosphorous, manganese, and others in parent stock can lead to bones problems in offspring. Varus-valgus leg bone deformity can affect the legs to turn out or turn inward. Here are some links to read about these problems:
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1051/leg-health-in-large-broilers/
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/p..._poultry/vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/p..._poultry/mineral_deficiencies_in_poultry.html
 
Thank you good info there's only two black orps so I think I know the problem the black hen is getting pretty old and I guess both are low end of the pecking order
 

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