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27th September 2004, 03:51 PM
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Splayed Leg, How do you avoid itHow does one avoid having a chick / squab develop getting splayed leg in the first place? I take it by having lots of good "nest" bedding? In other words, if the chick is in a nest with lots of bedding... i.e. dry pine needles or tabacco stems..., they're likely not to have a problem? If being hand raised, they should be on lots of soft puffy towels or maybe some sore of bedding?
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27th September 2004, 04:00 PM
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Yes thats the one, they only get splayed legs, from slipping each time they stand up, if there is grip then there will be no problem
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27th September 2004, 04:29 PM
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How about nest bowls with sand in the bottom vice nesting? I've seen pictures of that.
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27th September 2004, 06:06 PM
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i had two baby w/ this problem my had enough nesting but i think the mother step on one leg and it is sticking out now and just this time she steped the 2nd back so it could be from mother two.
just letting u know
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27th September 2004, 07:14 PM
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I was reading more about spraddle/splayed legs and yes, the most common reason it occurs is a slippery surface. But, there are other reasons it can happen also. These range from dietary imbalances (vitamin D3 & calcium deficiency), too rapid a growth rate in overfed, hand-reared birds, incubation problems (malpositioning in the egg), genetic defects and congenital defects.
I'm wondering if maybe Mel's problem is being overfed, as he has a saggy crop now that was stretched from eating too much. It's odd because it's only one of his legs that is doing this, not both, which is more common when it's caused by a slippery surface. Izzy |
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28th September 2004, 02:15 PM
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I was a bit worried about whether it could be a calcium/D3 deficiency because of the toe curling of the other foot, but I couldn't find anything on line to support that theory.
My Gonzo had one splay leg, but he was a juvenile feral when I found him so I don't know what caused it. That seems to have corrected with the "hobbling". I have a cat caught wood pigeon with a curled foot now. I have no idea what caused it, but it has a very long middle toe and I wonder if that broke? I am trying to correct it with bandages. Cynthia
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28th September 2004, 02:45 PM
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One of mine had curly toes too, it was a squab with a broken leg (been thrown from the nest), which unfortuantley never made it, due to the amount of tears over her body, but I did make her a dummy foot and strapped that to her own, using matchsticks and cotton and tape, so padded nicely, it kept the toes from curling
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