Is this toe issue genetic?

[MotherFlockers]

I hatched this roo to be a breeder for a pen I'm wondering if I need to replace him? Can he be bred and not pass this on? Is this genetic or something just went wrong in incubation?

 

[AinaWGSD]

I think you forgot to post the pictures. Whether it's genetic or not may be hard to determine. And whether or not it's a flaw to be overlooked may depend on your breeding goals.

 

[MotherFlockers]

This is the picture I clicked attach but it didn't go through

 

[MotherFlockers]

I think you forgot to post the pictures. Whether it's genetic or not may be hard to determine. And whether or not it's a flaw to be overlooked may depend on your breeding goals.

I attached it

 

[AinaWGSD]

And now's the part where I admit my knowledge on the matter of crooked toes is limited Again, it depends on your breeding goals, what you're hoping to achieve, why you wanted this specific roo for breeding, etc.

I'm breeding mainly for meat, with a bonus of eggs, and a tertiary goal to maintain a less common breed(s). For my purposes, the toes wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. Although I would expect to have several cockerels to choose from so I probably wouldn't use this bird unless my other options were much smaller or he had significantly better conformation other than the toes. If I were breeding for show I'd pass on this guy unless I had no other options.

If you have a more open timeline for your breeding goals, you could do some test hatches and see if the trait is inherited. If you've accounted for parent nutrition and incubation conditions and still hatch curly toed chicks you know you need to get a different rooster.

 

[LaFleche]

I would not use him for breeding.

With regard to whether or not the condition of his toes could be genetic or due to incubation problems may be determined by answering these questions.

How does his other foot look?

Have the toes been bent like this from hatch?

Does any of his hatch mates have crooked toes too?

How is his general appearance, well aligned beak? Tail straight or mostly bent to one side? Wattles of same length?

 

[berlyannpotter]

My rooster is like this. I will post a photo asap.

 

[MotherFlockers]

I would not use him for breeding.

With regard to wether or not the condition of his toes could be genetic or due to incubation problems may be determined by answering these questions.

How does his other foot look?

Have the toes been bent like this from hatch?

Does any of his hatch mates have crooked toes too?

How is his general appearance, well aligned beak? Tail straight or mostly bent to one side? Wattles of same length?

His other foot is normal. He was the only one to hatch it was like this since he hatched. I paid a lot for these eggs to be shipped in from a breeder I found Clutch of Color. He was the only one that hatched out of the dozen. I was hoping to use him to breed because he's a pure welsummer roo and the eggs were so expensive. His beak, wattles, and tail are normal not crooked. It's just this one toe.

 

[LaFleche]

It's just this one toe.

There is more looking wrong with this foot: the outer toe looks strage/gnarly and the webbing is very pronounced.

He was the only one that hatched out of the dozen.

Did you open up the other eggs for an eggtopsy?

If you still want to try and use him I suggest to do so on a very small scale and then wait to see how his offspring turns out.

 

[MotherFlockers]

There is more looking wrong with this foot: the outer toe looks strage/gnarly and the webbing is very pronounced.


Did you open up the other eggs for an eggtopsy?

If you still want to try and use him I suggest to do so on a very small scale and then wait to see how his offspring turns out.

I'll just do a test hatch with him before I use him if I can't find another. I opened the other eggs up and most of them stopped developing early on I think the shipping was rough on them.