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Does anyone have any insight into the crooked and curly toe problem with the speckled sussex? I got 5 chicks from a hatchery last year, and all the birds had curly toes. This year, trying to get some genetic diversity and get away from the toe problem, I got birds from two different hatcheries and hatching eggs from two breeders. Of the two batches that are at 7 weeks, I have curly toes from both batches, and the hatched breeder batch is actually worse. The remaining two younger batches are also starting to show the curly toes. I do not believe that it is my incubation or rearing practices because I have other hatches (of different breeds) that have straight toes. I also have other breeds that have been raised with these speckled sussex and their toes are straight.
Does anyone have any speckled sussex with straight toes?? I read one post on here that someone got tired of trying to breed the curly toes out. Why would the toes be so bad in this breed?
Does anyone have any speckled sussex with straight toes?? I read one post on here that someone got tired of trying to breed the curly toes out. Why would the toes be so bad in this breed?
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