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no problem, I have never had any leg, joint issues, my birds have plenty of room each. I place the sandbath in the middle of the pen to give them something to run laps around, lol, but it must work cause Im surprised by the amount of meat on the legs of these birds. but ya know... my major was sports science and nutrition at UF.
because of their weight and being on wire, the older birds "can" get callouses on their pads, and to be clear, I have only had one bigger bird I had to cull from bumblefoot.
Bumblefoot is a common infection for domesticated poultry and waterfowl such as chickens and ducks. Due to constant walking on hard, rough, or sharp surfaces, birds can develop small wounds on the bottom of their feet. These wounds are very susceptible to infection by Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria which can cause bumblefoot in poultry and waterfowl. Treatment often requires opening the wound to drain the pus and antibiotic treatment and local application of pyodine as local dressing.
So, being preventative minded, I often give my big breeder girls a rest on wood chips and I don't have very many breeders so its easy for me to be familiar with each bird, with a rotating crew of only 24-36 adult breeders/layers I can usually tell which birds laid which eggs.
In your quail house on the ground... I know its taboo, but you got a nice pen and do it right, these girls are going to love the dirt.
they are like rooting pigs as it is in their sandbaths...
because of their weight and being on wire, the older birds "can" get callouses on their pads, and to be clear, I have only had one bigger bird I had to cull from bumblefoot.
Bumblefoot is a common infection for domesticated poultry and waterfowl such as chickens and ducks. Due to constant walking on hard, rough, or sharp surfaces, birds can develop small wounds on the bottom of their feet. These wounds are very susceptible to infection by Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria which can cause bumblefoot in poultry and waterfowl. Treatment often requires opening the wound to drain the pus and antibiotic treatment and local application of pyodine as local dressing.
So, being preventative minded, I often give my big breeder girls a rest on wood chips and I don't have very many breeders so its easy for me to be familiar with each bird, with a rotating crew of only 24-36 adult breeders/layers I can usually tell which birds laid which eggs.
In your quail house on the ground... I know its taboo, but you got a nice pen and do it right, these girls are going to love the dirt.
they are like rooting pigs as it is in their sandbaths...
