I must have a "weird animal" magnet, because somehow I end up with all kinds of crazy deformities and abnormalities. Like... my dom/orp cross who has webbed feet, my black turken chick who has one normal foot and the toes on the other foot are all curved, not straight. And then my new austrolorp that just hatched today has a toe that seems to be limp. It hangs out under the middle toe and doesn't move.
Is there something that I can do for these guys? I'm guessing my webbed footer is going to stay that way. He/she is about 4 weeks old and I wouldn't cut the webbing now anyway. I've seen people with "chick shoes" or booties or something that they make for the feet. Is that to correct toe positions?
I will try to get some pictures up to show you what I mean. They seem to be perfectly healthy chicks with the exception of their feet. I'm just hoping that this won't cause trouble later down the road...
Is there something that I can do for these guys? I'm guessing my webbed footer is going to stay that way. He/she is about 4 weeks old and I wouldn't cut the webbing now anyway. I've seen people with "chick shoes" or booties or something that they make for the feet. Is that to correct toe positions?
I will try to get some pictures up to show you what I mean. They seem to be perfectly healthy chicks with the exception of their feet. I'm just hoping that this won't cause trouble later down the road...