chicken feet

[chickengirl28]

I have a hen who is 1 years old and her feet and
going out I dont know why this is happening
It is also starting to happen to my other hen
as well I will show you a picture tomorrow



Thank you

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

What do you mean by "going out"? Having a better idea of what you perceive as the problem will better help us to be able to address your concern.

 

[chickengirl28]

Here are a pictures of my two hens feet the first one is extremely
bad but second one isnt that bad but still is bad

 

[chickengirl28]

This is the picture of my hens feet
that are going out

 

[dawg53]

Crooked toes are usually due to a genetic problem or nutrient deficiencies.

 

[chickengirl28]

How are they by nutrient defiencies

 

[tutdee]

I have a question since we are talking about chicken feet. Yesterday I Bought 2 silver laced wayndotte batamas and 2 golden laced they are 1 week old. I posted a pic of them on a group I am in on face book (I will post pic here also). I have them on newspaper, and someone commented saying that was a big no-no bc it cause stragle leg...is this true?,please help

 

[BonRae67]

I have a question since we are talking about chicken feet. Yesterday I Bought 2 silver laced wayndotte batamas and 2 golden laced they are 1 week old. I posted a pic of them on a group I am in on face book (I will post pic here also). I have them on newspaper, and someone commented saying that was a big no-no bc it cause stragle leg...is this true?,please help

Newspaper is slippery to little chick feet. The concern with that is slipping and their little legs going out like Bambi's did on the ice. I use it but I put papertowel over it until I know they are strong. About 4-6 weeks old. Yours are about a month old so you should be ok. When my little one get scratching around and the papertowel ends up in a wad or shredded then I quit. Now they scratch around on the newspaper and shred it. Good luck with the little cuties.

 

[dawg53]

How are they by nutrient defiencies

A riboflavin deficiency as a chick causes curled toes.
http://www.merckmanuals.com/vet/pou...vitamin_deficiencies_in_poultry.html#v3348007

 

[tutdee]

Newspaper is slippery to little chick feet. The concern with that is slipping and their little legs going out like Bambi's did on the ice. I use it but I put papertowel over it until I know they are strong. About 4-6 weeks old. Yours are about a month old so you should be ok. When my little one get scratching around and the papertowel ends up in a wad or shredded then I quit. Now they scratch around on the newspaper and shred it. Good luck with the little cuties.

Thank you, they are actually one week old