Ever Had a Chick with a Bent Toe?

[country flock]

One of my partridge Silkie chicks has a strange problem, and I was wondering if you ever had any like it or if there's a way to correct the problem. The outermost toe on both feet is bent under his foot, so he walks on it. He can walk okay, but his balance isn't the greatest. When I first noticed this after he hatched, I thought the toe was altogether missing...until I picked him up. Would low humidity during incubation have anything to do with it? It seems correctable, I'm just not sure how...

Any comments?

 

[iwiw60]

One of my partridge Silkie chicks has a strange problem, and I was wondering if you ever had any like it or if there's a way to correct the problem. The outermost toe on both feet is bent under his foot, so he walks on it. He can walk okay, but his balance isn't the greatest. When I first noticed this after he hatched, I thought the toe was altogether missing...until I picked him up. Would low humidity during incubation have anything to do with it? It seems correctable, I'm just not sure how...

Any comments?

Go to this page:
http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/search?q=toes+feet

About half-way down the page is her section on what she calls "Curled Toes" .... it should be easy to fix!!