Pheasant chicks hatching with deformed feet.

[jasonak]

Im not sure what cause it ive read from genetics, feed to humidity to temp,all the things everone else has said.

I do know that you can fix them.I used a similiar method as the one described above.I took a piece of regular scotch tape and lay there foot out it nice and even like its supose to be.Then go over the top again with another piece or else it will just come off in a hour or so.So basically there foot is sanwhiched between two pieces of tape.I trimmed up the edges a little bit but not inbetween the toes and then added a litle piece of sandpaper to the bottom so it wouldnt get bow legged.They have sanpaper that is sticky on one side you can get it at wallmart in the automotive section.
This works Ive done it several times.You leave it on for a couple days and they will be fine.
Hope this hellped
good luck.

 

[tonini3059]

Thanks I will have to try that!!

 

[Bosque]

The three ringnecks that I hatched last week have crooked toes too. One has a really bad foot, so I call him "stumpy." The other two have bad toes. I have been working on their feet every night to see if they will straighten out.
My bator was 99.5 degrees with 80 percent humidity. All three piped and then nothing for two days, then they hatched in the middle of the night. At first, I thought that the chicks had gotten their toes cought in the hardware wire floor of the bator, but that was not the case.
I would like to try to hatch some more in the fall. Is there any good books about hatching pheasants? Maybe in one of those books there is a chapter on crooked toes or genetic/hatching issues.
Oh yea. My eggs were shipped. Do you think that maybe the eggs were to hot during shipment and that may have caused the foot issues? Were your eggs shipped or did you get them local?

 

[Zmtab0]

Iv hatched 3 lots of pheasants out all temps correct brand new brinsia incubator but today my last 2 hatched and 1 has deformed feet but all the 20 others fine im just trying to find the best way to see if I can help this little thing as everything deserves a chance in life

 

[007Sean]

The three ringnecks that I hatched last week have crooked toes too. One has a really bad foot, so I call him "stumpy." The other two have bad toes. I have been working on their feet every night to see if they will straighten out.
My bator was 99.5 degrees with 80 percent humidity. All three piped and then nothing for two days, then they hatched in the middle of the night. At first, I thought that the chicks had gotten their toes cought in the hardware wire floor of the bator, but that was not the case.
I would like to try to hatch some more in the fall. Is there any good books about hatching pheasants? Maybe in one of those books there is a chapter on crooked toes or genetic/hatching issues.
Oh yea. My eggs were shipped. Do you think that maybe the eggs were to hot during shipment and that may have caused the foot issues? Were your eggs shipped or did you get them local?

I find that the longer it takes for them to hatch and the humidity is above 60% that they will have curled toes. My theory is that the bones/tendons start hardening in that position before they can escape the shell. And the humidity being high causes the chick to become stuck, unable to turn and 'zip', high humidity acts like a lubricant, the chick tries to turn but keeps sliding back to the original position...most of the time this results in a (dis) chick but if it's marginally too high, it takes longer for them to zip. Idk? Just my