Is angel wing genetic?

[Hillside]

Technically angel wing is not a twisted bone and I understand that you may not have meant exactly that. The wing twists at a joint because the ligaments and soft tissues can't hold it up in any kind of normal position. Some birds just have dropped flights, for a while and others have the whole end of the wing flip over, twist at the joint and if not fixed ASAP it becomes angel wing. If this bird is worth breeding why not fix the wing and at least try and see what happens. No way of knowing what you'll get until you try.

 

[arherp]

You can still breed... I do not beliee it is genetic. Why not breed her, s an experiment for yourself?

 

[Lund Poultry]

I have a seb. I bought with angel wing and NONE of her offspring have it! I am 100% convinced it IS the Protien levels. Mine get pasture during the day and food only at night!

 

[OmaBird]

For years they use to think high protein was the cause of leg deformity's in growing foals. Foals that where breed for fast growth had the biggest problem but it was how they where feed that triggered it. Normaly a foal would grazy all day on grass. Humans made them eat grain, hay and lush pastures that was not part of there normal diet. It was found that it is insulin that caused the leg deformities not protein. When the glycemic index of the feed and the glycemic load was kept low there is no leg deformities. Corn was high glycemic. Oats where low glycemic. They also found if you could slow digestion there was not these insulin spikes. Some things that slow digestion is larger partical size, acid (vinegar), fats, soluable fiber, and protein,

I think the same type of think is happening with geese. This is one reason I will not free feed my geese anything except greens or produce. When they are small I feed small amounts of waterfowl food, seveal times a day. I am hoping this helps reduce my chance of angel wings. I did have angel wings on one breed of ducks I bought years ago from Sandhill Preservation Center. The other breeds I bought and raised with them had normal wings. In that case I think that breed had a predisposion of getting angel wings do to there fast growth.

 

[Cottage Rose]

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I think your theory is makes a lot of sense.

 

[Wifezilla]

It was found that it is insulin that caused the leg deformities not protein.

This is the case for many different species and many different health issues. It is a high blood glucose/high insulin levels that slowly destroy the body. In horses, it effects the legs. In waterfowl it effects the wings. In chickens, it effects the liver (it effect the livers in other species too. Think fois gras). In people it causes high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, etc....

Yet ask anyone what causes health issues. What do they say? "It's too much protein!" or "It's saturated fat!" and high GI foods get a pass. Huh???​

 

[Cottage Rose]

I agree with the refined carb causing many health issues.