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[Tikkajazz94]

I havn't been on since 11/18/08,

I emailed rochester hatchery, (I made a topic on how bad rochester is) will they said "The bent toes is chilled."
If anybody knows what that means then that will be helpful,
Wolf

 

[justusnak]

Sounds to me like they are saying...." chicks with bent toes, have gotten a chill"?? Never heard that before....but...

 

[chiknwhisperer]

Well I guess my BA had gotten a chill then when he was at MCM or here lol As he grew up his middle toes kept getting longer and more crooked.

 

[Tikkajazz94]

Well its not like 1-3 its 4-10,
One hen, and the rest roosters,
I don't like looking at them. it takes them 3 times to do what the others do,

wolf

 

[mikarod]

Perhaps they mean that the chicks were chilled while in transit?

From an abstract:
Most crooked toe conditions are either management or nutrition related. A lack of the vitamin riboflavin results in an inward curling of the toes and is called curled toe paralysis. Improper incubation temperatures will increase the incidence of crooked toes as will inbreeding. A few chickens with crooked toes (3-5 per 100) are not unusual. High yield meat-type birds will have more of a problem with crooked toes but this generally does not hurt the birds.

Something else for thought:
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/206930.htm

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Low incubation temperatures cause curled/bent toes.