Elbows Touching

[Mach 1 Padilla]

Anybody know why this 3 month old stands with his elbows touching? he seems to walk fine and is actually the dominate one in the group. Is it a birth defect or disease?

 

[Eggcessive]

It looks like the knock kneed appearance of valgus deformity, a leg bone deformity in chickens. Vaus deformity the opposite has a bow legged appearance. Either of those may affect one leg or both, and can be in varying degrees of severity. Here is some reading about valgus deformity:
https://thepoultrysite.com/articles/leg-health-in-large-broilers

https://www.researchgate.net/public..._of_the_Intertarsal_Joint_in_Broiler_Chickens

 

[Eggcessive]

Valgus deformity of the right leg, normal left leg