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Handy thing Google, just hatched a good crop of chickens in my incubator, best hatch rate ever, however had a couple with splayed legs, seems to happen every batch so I thought there must be a genetic fault somewhere in my chook family. The next day two more, so I got suspicious and did a search.....guess what, its caused by a smooth surface in the brooder, it said never use news paper on the bottom.....yep, guilty. Apparently the hips are weak at that age and if they spread too wide the chic cant get them back in place again, So if you see it quick, tape the legs back in normal position with a bandaid. The one I was going to euthanase has recovered in 24 hrs.
Posted on: Sun, 05 Oct 2014 09:07:15 +0000

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