classicpony
209 posts
May 20, 2007
6:27 PM
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I have a bird still in the nest with it leg sticking out. After looking at it, it seems almost backwards and sticking it out seems to come natural to this bird. Should I kill it or is there something I can do to cure the bird. This is the second time I have seen this in one year.
Jim
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nicksiders
1707 posts
May 20, 2007
6:32 PM
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Jim,
I would destroy it. You just don't have time to tinker with it and it doesn't usually get corrected.
Nick
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classicpony
210 posts
May 20, 2007
8:05 PM
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Nick,
YUp, think your right, I will do it tomorrow after my wife leaves for work.
Jim
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fhtfire
977 posts
May 20, 2007
9:13 PM
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I wait for the wife to leave too...they get upset about that stuff...one second they are telling you they wish they would all die...and the next second they are nursing a sick one back to health...wierd!!
rock and ROLL
Paul
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luis
287 posts
May 20, 2007
10:41 PM
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Jim you might be able to correct the problem if the squab is not to old.I would put a rubberband on its legs to keep the feet in their proper placement until the squab gets older.This worked for me in the past.
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DHenderson
63 posts
May 20, 2007
10:56 PM
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I have had this happen everyonce in a while and it's nearly impossible to fix.
I have discovered that you can cut the bad leg off at the joint when it's about 2-3 week old, use some liquid bandage on it to stop the bleeding and it will most often turn out where you can at least fly it. With the leg intact it can't even stand on a perche and if you wait until the bird leaves the nest before you cut it off it will get stressed and get sick on you for sure but the parents will feed it while it's healing if you cut it off while it's in the nest.
YOu would be amazed how well they will do with only 1 leg.
The only down side is if the bird is a cock he'll never be able to father any kids naturally.
Dave
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sundance
120 posts
May 21, 2007
7:34 PM
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Dave, I have to respectably dissagree with ya dude. I got a lavender cock from Jim Feasel a few years ago who was a smoker in the air. Shortly after I put him in the stock loft he must have hung his leg up on something and darn near tore it off at the joint. I splinted it and soaked it in antibiotics but to no avail. the leg turned black and I ended up cutting it off at the knee. The following spring I tried to pair him up but you are right for the first year he was too unstable on one leg to sucessfully fertillize an egg. But last year I put him on anouther hen in an individual pen and they hatched out 3 young. This year he is on my old foundation hen and is sitting his second nest. I think the trick may be to give the bird time to get used to only having one leg. That first year I tried all kinds of silly stuff to get him to mate , I even made a little stall just big enough to fit him and the hen, thinking he didnt have room to fall off but he still would lose his ballence and fall over backwards. LOL
Butch
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DHenderson
65 posts
May 21, 2007
10:17 PM
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Well I am glad to hear that I was wrong on that one leg thing but I have personally never had a one legger make the stock loft with all the predators here. Just flip a coin and your guess on who is taken is just that simple.
Mostly the reds go first as I hate as the reds for me tend to be the earlier developers on average.
It is possible that your cock bird is just built like John HOLMES and that makes up for being off balanced a bit, kind of like having a 3rd leg? but for him 2 legs LOL
Dave
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Last Edited by on May 21, 2007 10:21 PM
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Dark Roll
13 posts
May 21, 2007
10:39 PM
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I recently bought some of those felt nest pads from Foy's. This year, one of my young squabs had a leg sticking out due to the cock bird throwing out the nesting material from the nest bowl. Now there's no problem since using the felt nest pads.
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W@yne
440 posts
May 21, 2007
11:38 PM
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You guys are right nest felts are the answer. The leg problem happens when the youngster cant grip the floor of the bowl making the bird slip then the leg problem occurs.
Regards
W@yne uk
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motherlodelofts
1817 posts
May 22, 2007
5:39 AM
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It is called Spayed leg , and is due to not enogh nesting material , the pad that these guys are talking about will help , or just made sure there is enough nesting material in the bowl so that they are able to keep thier legs under them , paper bowls seem to make a difference also.
Scott
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sundance
122 posts
May 22, 2007
9:24 AM
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Dave, this bird was in the stock loft about a month when he lost his leg. Even if the young from him dont pan out I am sure I will keep him. he`s like a pet. My daughter shows him to all her friends she brings over. Hey you wanna see a one legged bird???? WE call him stubby....Not John H. Anyway, he`s like a pet to us now. I know,... weakness...
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