kissinuk Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Noticed this on one of our girls today, her toe is bent. Never noticed it before, although it does look similar on an older photo but it's hard to tell. She is still scratching around, eating and laid today, definitely not limping. Does she need a trip to the vets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 From the photo it doesn't look new. Not red or swollen or anything. So if she's not limping either I think I'd keep an eye on it but assume it's old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WitchHazel Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Birds bones tend to hea and weld superfast (which is why bandaging them is often a bad idea, as they tend to fuse together). It's likely that her toe is set like this now. They cope surprisingly well. We had a lovey leghorn who had several broken toes (we assume she landed funny when a chick), and she was amazing. She was a bit wobbly trying to go up the cube ladder, but other than that she managed really well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 As others have said, it looks like its been like that for a while so as long as she's not uncomfortable on it I wouldn't worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissinuk Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Thanks for the replies, will keep our eye on her. Just wish I knew how she managed to do it, we do have mesh under the woodchips (as per the Newland mud management) hope she didn't catch it on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
