deformation

Hi My mixed flock of ducks from Metzer farms has just started laying. I noticed that my magpie looks different than the rest, she has a hanging bit of flesh between her legs, on one side, I am not sure how to describe this. She acts just like the rest of the ducks. I do not know if she...

Recently, I’ve noticed that one of my babies has a deformed beak. It doesn’t look severe, but I was wondering if, since some get worse with age, theirs might too. I’ve never had a bird with a deformed beak before; they get along with the other chicks, but I’m worried that when we integrate...

One of my chicken eggs just hatched out and upon looking at it I’ve noticed it has scissor beak. I’ve never seen something like this before, what is the protocol for a deformity like this? I don’t want to humanly euthanize it unless necessary as other sources say they can live long happy lives...

So I have a baby quail that hatched yesterday, I noticed it was not walked like it should be while letting it dry but instead it was dragging itself with its wings. All my other quail are happy and normal but this little guy has one leg way longer than the other, only really uses the shorter...

Hatched a day early due to excessive heat. Outside broody hen birth. 1 born 2 days early was dead before I found it.

Hello! If this is not the correct area I'm sorry in advance. I felt this might be the closest forum section to post this. I have a Golden Laced Wyandotte less than a year old who is a bit of a special case. She has had a deformed neck since birth and it isn't wry neck. I have taken her to vet...

Hello everyone. I have a sapphire gem chick that is less than a month old. I noticed she had her head down and was losing her balance. I noticed she hadn’t eaten in a while and when I looked at her I noticed her beak was growing downward. She can’t open it much and I can’t get any food or water...

This is a bit weird, and I’m not sure where else to post this thread but here. I’m very interested in physical deformations and dysmorphology. I was wondering if anyone has any good reading material (or even first-hand experiences!!!) with physical deformations in chickens? I’m primarily...

I inherited a supper sweet, five day old Ameracana chick that has a slight deformity who won’t eat. I’m not sure what caused her to look the way she does or if that is contributing to her behavior, but she has been unable/uninterested in eating since I brought her home yesterday. (Supposedly...

Hello, I need help and don't know where to turn. My father began raising chickens and we have an incubator and all. Now we're not specialist, but the first time we used it, the eggs hatching successfully was close to 90%, almost all the eggs hatched into healthy little chicks. Now the second...

My 3rd incubation of the year just happened. And so far, it's mostly successful, especially compared to my last hatch. I still have a couple chicks hatching but two so far that have pipped have already died in the egg, unfortunately. Not too sure why, but one was quite sticky (again...). One...

Hi everyone! One of my easter egger hens, plus a couple of my others, have a weird toe that points upwards or in a weird direction. It’s always the back toe, and never any of the front 3 toes. Here’s some pictures so y’all can see what is going on with her little feet. Thank you all in advance!

Last year I started hatching chicks, and I did three batches. The first batch I put in about 30 eggs and got 2 chicks. The second batch I put in 21 eggs and got 1 chick ( Which was deformed ) And the last batch I did I put in 25 eggs and got 3 chicks. What happend? Did I do something wrong? The...

I checked on my chick today had it wasn't walking around properly. When I got it when it was around 1 day old it had a slipped tendon. I fixed that in the first 2 weeks and no issues were seen for 5 weeks. It just turned 7 weeks today and it looks like the tendon may have slipped out of place...