Is there a disease makes chicks toe nails and toes fall off?

[Leahmig44]

I know at this point it isn't likely that I will get a response to this, but I am having the same problem with a Cubalaya cockerell. I hope to find answers somewhere soon.

 

[casportpony]

I know at this point it isn't likely that I will get a response to this, but I am having the same problem with a Cubalaya cockerell. I hope to find answers somewhere soon.

Can you post some pictures?

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

I am having this same issue and have not been able to find any advice anywhere on the entire Internet or the 10 books from the library.
All of my 13 chicks developed mud balls on their feet after I introduced a new mix of soil scratch, I keep it by the water and now that they are 3 weeks old they spill the water alot and made mud apparently. So I don't know how many days they have had this, the new dirt mix has been in there 5 days, they weren't acting like they noticed the balls at all. but I saw it yesterday and removed the mud balls, some of them after softening in water for a few minutes and some chipping it off til they popped off, with scissors .
at least 4 birds had a couple, (1 to 3 per bird) nails come off with the mud ball, I did not pull them off hard or anything.
Maybe about 7 or 8 at the most, nails were lost, 2 bled just a little, the others didnt bleed at all. it looks like maybe the nail deteriorated or rotted under the mud? But they don't look like the toes are rotted or infected at all. They just popped off with the mud!
Also these are bantams, 3 weeks old from tractor supply, I have no idea what kind except they are brown with fuzzy feet. The other 2 kinds of bantams I have and 3 easter Eggers all had mud balls too but their toe nails were fine after i removed them. Only the 5 brown bantams lost nails.

 

[Alaskan]

balls of poop and mud can quickly kill toes and toe nails.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

That's what I was worried about, it's going on the end of the second day since it hapened, I just examined them again, toes look fine and healthy and the ones where the nails came off at, have tiny new nails growing! So I'm relieved, at least the quick and root of the nail is undamaged and growing back. Here's a pic of the tiny little new nail

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

Oops the pic went three times sorry

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

Here is the chick, a unknown bantam

 

[Alaskan]

No problems with the three pictures.

It can be difficult to keep the feet of feather footed birds clean.

Those feathers can pick up poo and mud quickly.

But now that you know what to look out for, you should be fine.

Just keep them on a very clean bedding, and once they get to go outside, watch out for mud and wet clumping snow.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

Yeah, I'm trying to keep them tame so if they ever have trouble with mud balls or whatever when they are big they won't squawk so bad, haha! I have one adult booted bantam someone gave me, and hes not too tame so does not like getting examined. Those feathered feet are definitely more work.

 

[Alaskan]

yes, that they are!