Langshan Thread!!!

[PetRock]

Alot of it is diet. When the legs "blow out" it's not hard to tell. The legs, instead of going backwards, look first like knock-knees, then the hocks invert on themselves and the hocks will move either forwards, outwards or inwards instead of the normal position.

From what I've tried, it does not go away and the first symptoms look similar to "rickets" in humans. Be warned, the photos on google are graphic and make you cringe.

Alot of it is diet. When the legs "blow out" it's not hard to tell. The legs, instead of going backwards, look first like knock-knees, then the hocks invert on themselves and the hocks will move either forwards, outwards or inwards instead of the normal position.

From what I've tried, it does not go away and the first symptoms look similar to "rickets" in humans. Be warned, the photos on google are graphic and make you cringe.

What words do I use to search for it? I'm striking out so far.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Let's just go with it looks like a weird variation of this:

I can't express how much wrongness was in this link!!!

 

[PetRock]

Let's just go with it looks like a weird variation of this:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct...SfRG0jIBSwk_A4qWTIt1f1_w&ust=1383251598515918

I clicked on the link and got directed to site showing photos of abortions. Rooster leg problems aren't really a weird variation of that, are they?

 

[PetRock]

Is the leg problem a fairly sudden thing or something you can observe progressing over time?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I clicked on the link and got directed to site showing photos of abortions. Rooster leg problems aren't really a weird variation of that, are they?

LOL!!! I'm so sorry!!!!! Delete!!!! I just used the Google image feature.

And that children, is why you always click on the actual link before copying....*SMACK!!!*

Here is a photo from that same website. Again...ridiculously sorry!!!!

For my birds it was sudden. One day it looked a little off, and the next day it was full blown out hock.

 

[BGMatt]

I've gone photo happy. Last time was a bunch of cull cockerels, this time I've got (mostly) keeper pullets. Comments below the pictures.




Black Pullet ~5 months old, her back is longer than it appears in this photo.



White Pullet, 14 weeks. Really pleased with all three Whites that I kept.



Black Pullet #2 also ~5 months. My first choice of the 2, she's a bit long in back but has a very deep chest and wide feather which I could use.



Blue pullet, ~7 months now. Love her, she needs to fill out in the chest a bit and she's stretching her neck in this one.



White Pullet #2. 14 weeks



White pullet #3 14 weeks, she might be the best of all of them when it's said and done.

 

[PetRock]

I've gone photo happy. Last time was a bunch of cull cockerels, this time I've got (mostly) keeper pullets. Comments below the pictures.




Black Pullet ~5 months old, her back is longer than it appears in this photo.



White Pullet, 14 weeks. Really pleased with all three Whites that I kept.



Black Pullet #2 also ~5 months. My first choice of the 2, she's a bit long in back but has a very deep chest and wide feather which I could use.



Blue pullet, ~7 months now. Love her, she needs to fill out in the chest a bit and she's stretching her neck in this one.



White Pullet #2. 14 weeks



White pullet #3 14 weeks, she might be the best of all of them when it's said and done.

Very nice!

 

[PetRock]

LOL!!! I'm so sorry!!!!! Delete!!!! I just used the Google image feature.

And that children, is why you always click on the actual link before copying....*SMACK!!!*

Here is a photo from that same website. Again...ridiculously sorry!!!!

For my birds it was sudden. One day it looked a little off, and the next day it was full blown out hock.

Poor baby! Is that what Rickets does?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

In humans, yes. This is what it looks like. In birds, I believe the legs actually get "bendable" as the bones aren't formed correctly. The baby up above has Rickets, but I'm only discussing about how the leg looks when my birds had their leg blow-outs, not the actual condition of Rickets, which CAN happen in poultry. It's usually due to a deficiency of Vitamin D.

The main focus is the knee area on the human and the hock area on the bird. See how the knees (hock) kind of "cut in" and almost touch and the calves (or shank on a chicken) look like they sway inwards? It can be a variation of this look, but the birds wind up not being able to walk.

For mine, it was a case of too much protein, not enough calcium. I've lowered the protein to a MAX of 18% after 5 weeks. I do this by mixing in layer crumbles with the chick starter until about 4 or 5 months, then switch to mainly layer pellets with chick starter mixed in with oats and catfish food. Seems to be working so far. But it's a lesson that I hope nobody else learns the hard way.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Matt, I'd comment on your photos, but we've already discussed at length on them! Sure do love that blue and that second black with the WIDTH!