The pea is one week old and having the tape on the whole foot didn't bother
it a bit. It ran, attacked, flew and held it's own. Only problem is the
tape came off. Person that did it used the packing tape and I think it's
too shiny.......they were all pecking at it. I may try the moleskin today.
This is a spunky little Pie colored chick......hate to put it down so will
try everything I can first. If I can't deal with it I think I know someone
that will hand raise it ..... she's really patient and good with the very
first 4 peachicks I ever had. Some say the pipe cleaner is too heavy for the
chicks when they are tiny???? I don't know.........I guess it's trial/error
and learning by it. I was even thinking about trying to tape one toe at a
time. I noticed it's hard for them to lay down when their whole foot is
taped open. Poor little things. Thanks for the reply. I intend to get
some black pipe cleaner today.
Darlene

----- Original Message -----
From: "briscocat" <briscocat@...>
To: <peafowl@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 7:25 AM
Subject: [peafowl] Re: Toes not straight


> How old is this crooked toed chick? I have not had good results fixing
> toes on older chicks. I fixed three chicks this summer as day old chicks,
> I used pipe cleaners and medical tape like the UPA article recommended. I
> had tried making a "duck foot" but the chick refused to move. I did have
> one chick that had crooked toes and splay legs, I hobbled and kept
> changing the splints as it grew, but I wasn't able to fix her. She was
> miserable and I put her down at 4 weeks old.
>
> Good luck!
> --- In peafowl@yahoogroups.com, "bdfive" <bdfive@...> wrote:
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>> OK, today I'm going to try the blue masking tape and if need be some of
>> the
>> moleskin that sticks ever so good. Thanks everyone.
>> darlene
>>
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