Splayed legs

TicketyBoo

In the Brooder
10 Years
Feb 14, 2009
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Is there anything I can do for the two quail I have with splayed legs? They both seem to have a problem with the right leg and one has curled toes on the left foot. I had excellent luck with putting a shoe on one of the others with curled toes, but not this one.
They flop around and are eating and drinking great.
Should I cull them or what else can be done?
 
Quail chick's toes will straighten out if you keep them on wire. As for the splay leg, just use a bandaid to tape the legs together, same way you would for a chicken, it works just as good. Of course, you couldn't use the whole bandaid, probably just one side of the sticky part, unless you have some of those really tiny papercut type bandaids that always seem to come by the hundreds in an assorted-sizes box.
 

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