The one with the missing digit and the other one with two curled toes are doing very well - they've adjusted to their issues, walk, run, and such just fine. I wanted to raise ours as not only producers for the family/community, but also as pets - so I followed the advice to leave them be for...
The missing toe girl (Fancy Feet) and the girl with the crooked toes on one foot (Sissy) both were shipped chicks - Aussies to be exact. Other than those two, everyone else looks great. Those two girls are my sweetest and most socialized girls - probably from being handled more than the others...
The one without a toe and the one with curled toes on one foot are doing well - they eat and drink plenty, are feathering out nicely, and seem to have found a way around their deformations. Since we'll be controlling the breeding, I won't use those hens for hatchlings.
One of my chicks was born without a toe from the last knuckle to the claw on the left foot. We noticed it about four days post-hatch, and since we ordered these chicks we didn't know if it was something that happened after she hatched or if it was genetic deformation. We've noticed another...