Hatched chick with twisted toes

[MysticUniKitty]

They do look a little short and missing nails, however I'm so glad you came back to let us know baby is doing well and seems to have self corrected!

I try to always update so if anyone finds this they know what happened and thank you! good to know on the toes!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

@CluckNDoodle Thank you so much!! I'll remember that for the next time I hatch. (it'll be a while as my rooster passed away and these are his last babies) And i'm going to watch for the short toes! I'm hoping to breed solely brahmas next year.

I didn't know that curled toes could self correct! this has been fascinating and a great learning experience for myself. So I ended up leaving the chick in the incubator till this morning, it was on it's own in there and the others had already been out for 2 days, i was worried they would bully it and wanted to see if it could self correct. IT DID!

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I'm not sure if these still look short? If they are then it'll just be another pet chicken for us. When holding it it holds it's feet the correct way and when on a surface it's only a little close together, I'm hoping it'll continue to work it out.
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I have it in with the ones that hatched a couple days ago in a brooder inside so i can keep an eye on it and them, i have the grippy liner down with some paper towels underneath so it can walk and grip the floor if needed, in a day or two i'll switch to chips to help them all.

thank you guys for all the help! It looked so bad at first I thought it would be a long road but this turned out wonderfully and thank you again for all the tips and such!!!

What a great update! I'm glad the chick is doing so much better! In the cases where their toes don't straighten on their own you can actually make little chick shoes and it's good to give chicks with leg and feet problems a multivitamin that includes b2 riboflavin because leg and foot problems are often related to b2 deficiencies. In your case it's likely due to the chick being stuck in the shell longer that caused it's toes to curl for a while.
I don't know what I was seeing in the first picture that looked like a really short toe but it doesn't look bad in the newest photo to me. congrats on your hatch!

 

[SnapdragonQ]

What a great update! I'm glad the chick is doing so much better! In the cases where their toes don't straighten on their own you can actually make little chick shoes and it's good to give chicks with leg and feet problems a multivitamin that includes b2 riboflavin because leg and foot problems are often related to b2 deficiencies. In your case it's likely due to the chick being stuck in the shell longer that caused it's toes to curl for a while.
I don't know what I was seeing in the first picture that looked like a really short toe but it doesn't look bad in the newest photo to me. congrats on your hatch!

I went back and looked and it appeared that little short toe was actually another toe curled under the foot and sticking out the wrong way. It caught my attention initially but I wasn't really sure what I was looking at other than a mess of toes and feathers.

 

[MysticUniKitty]

Thanks guys!!! I can't wait to see these ones grow up and feather out! I'm going to make a note on my flock spreadsheet to just watch the toes just in case.