Incubator problems with baby chickens displayed legs

[ashlee clarke]

Has anyone had problems with displayed legs from the incubator

 

[cmfarm]

Yes, it sometimes happens. It tends to be hard to fix. I find that if it is cause by then spreading there legs after hatching (opposed to hatching out with the problem) to be much easier to fix.

 

[dvoice]

Has anyone had problems with displayed legs from the incubator

Did you notice this after you put them in a brooder? My first hatch I only had 1 chick and after a few days in the brooder it had splayed legs. I figured it was the newspaper I put down was too slippery. This last batch 23chicks I put in the brooder on the 1/4" wire mesh and have not had a single problem.

 

[gimmie birdies]

give it time they may correct themselves, I had a baby chick with a foot tucked backwards, it hobbled around on the ankle but she fixed her own foot after a week. I didn't cull her because I was just hoping her foot would get better and the mom and other chicks were not pecking her.