Just wondering? Chicken Question!?

Question

Years ago we found a baby chicken just on the edge of the road near our house. It had a curled up foot that it couldn't use to walk with. We fed him the same stuff that we fed our own chickens and he grew, but his foot still stayed the same. One morning when i went to check him he was dead. I was just wondering if anyone experienced in chickens could tell me what his problem was. I'd never seen this before and haven't seen it since.

Answer 1

We've raised some chickens that have had that problem. They don't hatch soon enough and get too big in the egg, causing birth- er.. hatch defects. Usually they're crippled, and don't live long because of the strain of being stuck in the egg.

Answer 2

we also have a chicken whose foot is curled up, but seems fine. your chicken could have died of old age, pain, starved from worms inside, or all. we feed a lot of our chickens a de-wormer so that they don't have any worms. a lot of our chickens also die because some mice can go in their cage and take thier eggs or eat them. there are also snakes, foxes, or coyotes. i live in CT. i hope i helped.