Fixing Chick's Curled Toes

[casportpony]

How do you all fix curled toes in chicks? This is how I did one.

7-31-2019

8-2-2019 After tape removal.

 

[Saaniya]

How do you all fix curled toes in chicks? This is how I did one.

7-31-2019
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Giving Riboflavin
And add some bandage that help the toes straight or this method u shown above is also very looking awesome then anything else because this method hold the fingers straight

Riboflavin missing in chicks or adults cause curled toes increasing it will always help

 

[casportpony]

Giving Riboflavin
And add some bandage that help the toes straight or this method u shown above is also very looking awesome then anything else because this method hold the fingers straight

Riboflavin missing in chicks or adults cause curled toes increasing it will always help

Thanks for the suggestion, I think I will give all of them some B complex.

 

[Saaniya]

Thanks for the suggestion, I think I will give all of them some B complex.

Yes that will help them not having problem in future

 

[Shadrach]

Don't let duluthralphie see that! He'll think it's a secret plot to turn chickens into dux!
What's that tape called?

 

[casportpony]

Don't let duluthralphie see that! He'll think it's a secret plot to turn chickens into dux!

What's that tape called?

Here in the US we call it masking tape. I think the stuff I used was 1" wide.

 

[R2elk]

How do you all fix curled toes in chicks? This is how I did one.

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I just use scotch tape. I do try to remember which one is the fixed one to make sure that I do not add it to my breeding pool. While many of these conditions can be due to environmental or hatching conditions, the tendency to curled toes is definitely one that can also be due to genetics.

I had a rooster that I did not fix his feet and he did just fine with his curled toes. They did not slow him down one iota in his breeding attempts. As long as he was in the breeding pool, I kept getting some chicks with curled toes. After he was removed from the breeding pool, I stopped getting chicks with curled toes.

 

[casportpony]

I just use scotch tape.

Good idea, I hadn't thought of that!

I do try to remember which one is the fixed one to make sure that I do not add it to my breeding pool. While many of these conditions can be due to environmental or hatching conditions, the tendency to curled toes is definitely one that can also be due to genetics.

Very good points @R2elk, my plan is to sell anything that required assisting or needed fixing since I would rather not have those in my breeding pool.

 

[R2elk]

Good idea, I hadn't thought of that!

Very good points @R2elk, my plan is to sell anything that required assisting or needed fixing since I would rather not have those in my breeding pool.

In most cases I prefer to cull but curled toes and splayed legs (especially those caused by a slippery surface) are such easy fixes that it is often impossible to resist helping.

 

[casportpony]

In most cases I prefer to cull but curled toes and splayed legs (especially those caused by a slippery surface) are such easy fixes that it is often impossible to resist helping.

Sadly, mine came out of the shell with curled toes and the various leg problems, so I cannot blame it on the hatching surface.