Curling toe

Kaceyram11

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5 Years
May 10, 2020
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She’s two years old and i just noticed this. Her other foot does it as well but not as bad. It doesn’t affect her at all but it’s odd. She’s a white crested black polish hen I’ve raised since she was a few days old.
 

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That is a common problem when chicks are born. Sometimes in the first couple of days of life you can tape the toes in place to help straighten, but it is not possible to help at this age (and would be painful.) Do you see any evidence of scaly leg mites on her legs? The picture is not clear enough, but it looks questionable. If you see greyish flaky areas or raised scales, you can smother mites with vaseline, or other thick oil, applied twice a week and rubbed into scales. Ivermectin pour on is another treatment applied to the back of the neck over the spine. Here is some reading about leg mites:
https://the-chicken-chick.com/scaly-leg-mites-in-chickens/
 
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