Crippled feet on Whites

[Allbreeds]

I bought many white peafowl eggs online this year. I had 8 hatch. Of the 8 2 of them have a crippled leg. They are not related and were born in different months. Was it the peahens diet or something off in my humidity?

 

[Bigcreekpeafowl]

A photo would help.

 

[Frosty]

Could have been incubation method, too. I heard a long time ago that turkey poults had higher incidences of foot and leg problems when they were incubated with the pointed end down vs laying on their sides.

 

[6littlechickies]

Incubation can affect feet and legs in peafowl, humidity can have a direct affect. The surface they hatch on is critical also, so that they can't slip at all when standing or walking. Some cripple legs can be saved with proper bracing.

 

[Allbreeds]

Thank you all for the advice. I did fashion a brace from the little one, I got her toes straightened but her ankle still bends the opposite direction. It does notnseem to bother her.

 

[ColbyNTX]

Most anytime I see leg or feet problems in birds is when they have trouble hatching (over 24 hours) and take a long time and you have to help them out of the shell.