I have a three-year-old Americana that has a crooked toe on her left foot. Although she's the smallest chicken by far in my flock, her broken toe has never seemed to slow her down any. When we got her, her toe was like that, so I'm not sure if she broke it as a chick or if it's just a deformation. The woman we got her from said we could have her for free, and that if we didn't take her she was going to be culled. Hard to say no to that one! After the quarantine period expired, she's now one of the most loving birds in my flock.Update: She kept ripping off the little splints I was making for her. And I think I may have caught the problem too late. It seems that her foot is permanently disfigured. She doesn't seem to have any problem getting around on it, and doesn't favor that foot specifically. I did a lot of research online and it seems that in a backyard flock a chicken like this should survive just fine.
Anyone else out there with hens that have funny feet?