Gnarly Toes and Ugly Feet

[zazouse]

Oh my, those are some ugly feet for a yearling. I do not think that is normal, and would have to say that lack of attention at hatch coupled with poor housing and a lack of attention as it was growing would be my guess. Are those "bumbles" on the bottom of his toes, they may need to be removed if they are, or I suppose he could just have the genetics for ugly feet? None of my yearlings have feet that ugly, but my old IB hen has feet that make his look pretty.

What do you have for them to roost on?

 

[KsKingBee]

I doubt that standing in muck for a few days could cause that, any idea how he was housed before he came to you? Not everyone has the time to attend to each individual bird so I think sometimes a lot can go unnoticed and therefore untreated.

No, when we went to pick them up they were in a small 4 x 10 pen, so we don't know which large flight pen they came from. If it was the flights my Spauldings were in they were really overcrowded according to the feather picking on their backs. The breeder said he feeds 20% protein and thinks that may be 'to hot'. Hind sight is always perfect, I wish that I had felt his keel when I first got him.

 

[KsKingBee]

What do you have for them to roost on?

If you are asking me, I use 2 x 4s. One verticle and one flat on top.

 

[casportpony]

I think he probably came to you with feet like that.

-Kathy

 

[KsKingBee]

I think he probably came to you with feet like that.

-Kathy

That may be a disappointing fact. I didn't want to think it had, but I also didn't want to think I let it happen either.

 

[DylansMom]

I think he probably came to you with feet like that.

-Kathy

X2, I just didn't want to upset anyone by saying it. I am pretty sure, when producing that quantity of birds, major life and death issues will be addressed whereas cosmetic ones probably will not.

 

[casportpony]

Truth be told, I can't be sure that some of my peafowl don't have feet like that, 'cause I rarely look at their feet.

-Kathy

 

[DylansMom]

Truth be told, I can't be sure that some of my peafowl don't have feet like that, 'cause I rarely look at their feet.

-Kathy

I pay much more attention to the ones I hatched than the ones I bought. Probably because the ones I hatched will allow me to walk right up and look at them quite closely while they are up on the perches. I can even touch the feet and toes of several of them because I've been doing it since they were little. No.... I do not have a "Pea Foot Fetish".