I know I JUST had you guys help solve a crisis but LOOK AT THIS , help please

[Elsveta641]

I understand what you’re saying. I bet whoever gave you the ducks from the facebook group feels the same way. I’m just saying people don’t know what they’re doing and ducks could be inbred pretty bad. They might not be and it’s just a fluke. Same goes for chickens. Birds are so ridiculously inbred they can’t fight off anything without medication. They don’t live long and flat out fail to thrive.
The whole deal gets worse and worse because people treat and inevitably breed genetically weak birds. The cycle continues and gets worse as time goes by.

I recently ordered chicks from 5 different states to avoid inbreeding my poultry. I kill anything I produce that isn't pretty enough, well behaved or productive enough. I stew them up or make a pie. But this is a freak of nature given during Halloween. One doesnt just toss that. Anyways, none of my ducks are crested, I'd never knowingly breed them after learning how they are from a dangerous mutation. These ducklings I hatched were for my own table, not to sell to others. I may be a bit inexperienced, but I'm not a idiot

 

[Fishkeeper]

You know, if vetting is not an option and you don’t want to cull, you can take something like a small rubber band or thread and tie it tight at the skin and see if it will just die and fall off. Make sure he has no feeling in it. Backwoods medicine but an option when you in a bind. It has to be extremely tight. Like the bands are used to castrate a goat.

That's no longer considered to be a humane method of amputation. And, again, it's not needed here. He may as well have a little chicken comb, it's not going to get in his way or cause him any trouble.
I would be curious to see if he has any feeling in it. Maybe lightly pinch the toes between two fingers and see if he responds at all. I assume there are nerves. I'd also love to see an X-ray, though I doubt that will happen (due to cost) unless you know a curious biologist who owns an X-ray machine.

Come to think of it, if someone for whatever reason really wanted to breed a line of ducks that was otherwise perfectly healthy but had a few toes growing out of their heads, I wouldn't have any complaints. It's not like English bulldogs or those breeds of pigeon that have faces so smushed they can't feed their young- it's an oddity, but a harmless one. The absolute worst that could happen is the others might peck at it a bit.

 

[pitbullmomma]

Oh you poor thing @Elsveta641 , you are having a nice week huh?


I say leave him be just because I want to see if he makes it.

X2!!!!!!! That is SO. FREAKING. COOL.

I want one.

 

[pitbullmomma]

You know, if vetting is not an option and you don’t want to cull, you can take something like a small rubber band or thread and tie it tight at the skin and see if it will just die and fall off. Make sure he has no feeling in it. Backwoods medicine but an option when you in a bind. It has to be extremely tight. Like the bands are used to castrate a goat.

Why mess with it? If it's not bothering him, I'd just let it be.

Just let him be his special, freakish, fabulous self!

 

[Amer]

You know, if vetting is not an option and you don’t want to cull, you can take something like a small rubber band or thread and tie it tight at the skin and see if it will just die and fall off. Make sure he has no feeling in it. Backwoods medicine but an option when you in a bind. It has to be extremely tight. Like the bands are used to castrate a goat.

I've known people to do this to get rid of a growth with a cat before. Works.
Probably not necessary though. The growth was bothering the cat in how it walked.

 

[BrindleFinch]

I don't really understand what inbreeding has to do with this? Usually extra body parts have nothing to do with inbreeding... a lot of the time extra limbs and whatnot can be contributed to parasitic twins or the like. Extra cellular material... I'd be willing to bet that even if you bred him, the offspring would be completely (or, at least relatively) normal. Not that I'm suggesting to try it, but I doubt inbreeding had anything to do with this. Especially considering birds are far more tolerant of it than mammals.

It's important to realize that almost every cell in an organism is exactly the same. Your cheek cells have the same DNA that codes for your brain, your stomach, your toes... sometimes a group of cells will just read the wrong instructions! It's actually quite a miracle this isn't more common, given how complex organisms are!

Like others have said, there's no need to cull the poor thing if he's not suffering health-wise. That's such a weird stance to have - he's perfectly fine. He'll never even know anything is different about him!

 

[Hyper_Chicken05]

Well I guess if you wanna keep it that’s up to you. Just watch out for bumblefoot on all 3 feet.

Sorry to be the party pooper, But without actually walking or being exposed to hard surfaces, Doesn’t that mean that 3rd foot can’t get bumblefoot?

 

[Hyper_Chicken05]

There is also the potential danger of the foot being pecked or pulled on, If another chicien gave that foot a nice hard peck, Well you can imagine what would happen, Not to mention that multiple pecks...

 

[Amer]

I don't really understand what inbreeding has to do with this? Usually extra body parts have nothing to do with inbreeding... a lot of the time extra limbs and whatnot can be contributed to parasitic twins or the like. Extra cellular material... I'd be willing to bet that even if you bred him, the offspring would be completely (or, at least relatively) normal. Not that I'm suggesting to try it, but I doubt inbreeding had anything to do with this. Especially considering birds are far more tolerant of it than mammals.

It's important to realize that almost every cell in an organism is exactly the same. Your cheek cells have the same DNA that codes for your brain, your stomach, your toes... sometimes a group of cells will just read the wrong instructions! It's actually quite a miracle this isn't more common, given how complex organisms are!

Like others have said, there's no need to cull the poor thing if he's not suffering health-wise. That's such a weird stance to have - he's perfectly fine. He'll never even know anything is different about him!

X2 inbreeding has very little to do with it. If inbreeding happened, it's more likely to have at its worst fertility problems or sickness. But I know many people who have expertly inbred for many years, and though they may not grow as fast, they are just as healthy as sexlinks.

 

[Amer]

Sorry to be the party pooper, But without actually walking or being exposed to hard surfaces, Doesn’t that mean that 3rd foot can’t get bumblefoot?

It does. I think she was joking.