Webbed feet

[The Phantom]

Are you sure you didn't hatch a duck. Lol

 

[DratzDurpen]

Are you sure you didn't hatch a duck. Lol

Pretty positive it's a chickie lol

 

[The Phantom]

Pretty positive it's a chickie lol

Are you sure? Does it quack?

 

[DratzDurpen]

Are you sure? Does it quack?

Only peeps so far

 

[The Phantom]

Only peeps so far

 

[Granny Hatchet]

cool

 

[CapricornFarm]

Here i thought we were going to have chiduckens! Darned!

 

[Granny Hatchet]

Here i thought we were going to have chiduckens! Darned!

not the word floating in my mind . hahahahaa

 

[Alaskan]

I have had chicks with tightly webbed toes, and have cut the webs shortly after hatching. That chick is fairly good sized, and webbing is not all that extensive. If the webbing does not impede the chick, I would not cut the webs as it is actually somewhat painful. I believe it is a hereditary condition, and such birds should not be used for reproduction. I eliminated an entire strain of birds because of this.

what breed were they? And did they have the outer toes a little shorter than normal?

 

[SavKel&RynKel]

We had a maran with fuzed toes. I think it got "surgery" on day two as i had to pick up a few things. Our fix was similar to previously described with small differences. We used human cuticle scissors (full metal ones, that looked like they wouldn't dull halfway through the cut) and it took two snips. One around the toe tip and one down the side. After about a second and a half the blood started to seep out. As this chicken was only two days old, each drop of blood is a decent percentage of it's total blood, so we used quick clot. (Side note. There's horse sized versions at the feed store for 8 dollars, or dog "oops i cut the nail too short" single samples with 2 qtips for 11 bucks) this stuff looks like gritty gray chalk but acts like cat litter infused with super glue. It immediately sealed the wound and things were good, so i set the chick on the "operating table" to see how well it went. The chick reached down, pecked the toe, and yanked up, and fell on it's butt. And reopened the wound... So we dusted it again and made a "boot" out of a small band-aid. Same idea as the painters tape, but not as easy to take off (for you or for the chicken). Every day for two or three days we removed the boot and took a qtip with iodine to wash off the quick clot. Then rebooted and let the bird go. The attached toe did well, but the long toe stayed crooked initially. We didnt know any tricks for that, turns out the bones will twist themselves straight as they settle while the chick is growing.
I think for your situation i would play it out, as chickens can usually adapt pretty well, but if you decide to cut, hopefully some of this helps!