Bellerive Poultry
Beatrice Croad
Beatrice came out of the egg with a
deformed left foot. The outside toe was just cartilage and was fused to
the next toe which was bent almost in two, progressively worsening as the
toes grew. Because she has lovely feathered legs and her mother was looking
as if she might die, we decided to have the toes separated. Our wonderful
vet cut the toes apart and cut the webbing under the deformed toe. It healed
beautifully with no infection or problems. None of the other chickens pecked
at it, and Beatrice did not limp once. It will never be straight, but it
is now free and she can walk and run with the best of them. I believe that
the problem came from varying temperatures in the incubator and is not
genetic.
Since writing the previous page,
Beatrice has started laying and is the first of her hatch to do so.
The foot after surgery
Beatrice running away
'Bellerive Poultry'
John Madden & Lynne
Meek
320 Ballarat Road
BATESFORD VIC
3221
AUSTRALIA |
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maintained by Lynne Meek
Last
edited 11 March 2002
