Chick With Curled Toes

[mommachicken12]

how long do I need to leave the little shoes on the babies? I had 4 hatch out in my incubator and I need to put the shoes on them.

 

[PoultryPedia]

The Poultry Podiatry page has three sections that may give some helpful information:
Increase Riboflavin for Curled Toes

Chick Shoes for Twisted or Curled Toes

Leg Hobbles to treat Splayed Leg


Best wishes!

 

[dlg4742]

how long do they have to stay like that?

 

[PoultryPedia]

I hadn't thought of including info on that on Podiatry page. Sometimes you forget the obvious!

I just made a few revisions:

• If treating young chick: Important to put on new shoe at least every 1-3 days while feet growing fast.The chick will likely need to wear the shoes a total of 4 days to 2 weeks, depending on the severity of the problem
  • Make sure shoe size increased regularly so foot doesn't outgrow shoe. Toe Taping (See below) may be better for treating some problems.

...
If treating older bird:

• Aim for gradual reshaping.
• Change the shoe at least every 4-7 days.The bird may need to wear the shoes and/or have its toes taped (See below) for 2-5 weeks.

The above are my best estimates based on my experiences.

 

[n8ivetxn]

very good thread, thanks to everyone for contributing - now I think I can help my 2 chicks

 

[momsvw]

How long do you need to leave the boot on? They are only one day old so I want to wait a day or two to make sure they are ok and then I will try the boot.

 

[PoultryPedia]

My best estimates are in post #44 on this page.
That may very well be a good idea to wait a day before putting on a shoe.

 

[waldeneffect]

We had a chick hatch with a curled toe and wanted to try to fix it.

Turns out 3M transpore tape made an effective splint.

Check out our blog post on how we made the splint...it's got a happy ending.

http://www.avianaquamiser.com/posts/Chick_curled_toe/

 

[debbytingen]

How much Poly Visol do you give per chick that is 2 or 3 days old?

 

[Eggcessive]

I have read as little as 1 drop, or 2-3 drops for an older chick. Chick vitamins that are added to the water are always the safest bet. With curled toes a multi-B complex tablet dissolved in water and added to a quart waterer would be safe since B vitamins are water soluble, and any excess amount will be excreted in the urine.