curly toes

I have a chick that hatched on 11/28 with curly toes. I tried making boots for it, but it did not correct. I now notice that it's showing symptoms of blindness and I'm a bit worried. It has quickly become my favorite little baby and I'll do anything I can to help it. 🥺 It's a week old now and...

So some backstory. My blue wheaten ameraucana chickens name is Gimble. Gimble has curly toe paralysis. We live in Northern BC. It's actually been super mild so far, with temps right at freezing. So my girls have been moulting for a good month and a half while Gimble just started about a week...

He seems healthy otherwise, but his toes are still and curled up. He was malpositioned in the egg (pipped at narrow end) and I had to help him hatch at around 2PM today as it had been over 12 hours since he unzipped, with continuous struggling to hatch. He's very active, he wants to move around...

I'm desperate for any type of help. I have searched and searched but cant seem to figure out what exactly is going on. 2 days ago I went to my local farm store and purchased 6 chicks that were about 3 days old already. I purchased a variety of hens. There is one chick that has some type of...

Hi everyone I just had 8 eggs hatch really well, a few different breeds. Then the last two to hatch had problems, although they did hatch on their own. The one I'm having trouble with seems to have not absorbed the yolk fully or something, she has a massive squishy abdomen with what looks like...

Sometimes chicks will hatch with curled toes and I wanna know how you fix curled toes in your chicks. Please share your methods and pictures in this thread. This is how I do mine: I wait 24 hours after hatch to see if the will straighten out on their own. If they don't straighten in 24 hours I...

Hello, I recently picked up a chick after a long chicken hiatus. At the feed store was a lone chick on its back, who could barely walk. The owner ended up giving it to me since he didn't think it would survive. Well, after some research, based on the chicks behavior and actions, I believe it has...