A quail's paws are parting: what to do and a description of diseases

More and more farmers and amateur poultry farmers are engaged in growing quails. This confirms the existing opinion that such an activity is profitable, and it is quite easy to master it. Quails are less susceptible to disease than other poultry. However, there are times when a quail's paws part immediately after birth, what to do in such a situation? Are leg diseases treated in birds?

Why do quails fall on their feet

Hatching quail is often accompanied by unpleasant events. Approximately 1-2% of newborns cannot walk due to sprawling paws.Poultry farmers even came up with names for such quails: “twine” or “helicopter”. The same symptoms may have different causes.

Paw injuries

The function of walking is impaired by hip dislocation. It is not necessary to place newly born quails in a box lined with oilcloth. No need to lay a plastic plate on the floor, on which the paws move apart. A quail is able to slip and knock out a bone from a fragile joint. The best bedding is cardboard, newspaper or a piece of cloth. They are convenient to change every day, keeping the brooder clean.

Quails can peck at some parts of the body of a weak individual, including the legs, especially the paws. It is possible to get a fracture during a fright or a fight.

Usually this happens when keeping quails in an aviary, where some object with sharp corners is carelessly left. Such an injury most likely signals a lack of calcium, protein and other useful components in the diet.

Gout

Unbalanced diet and poor heredity lead to metabolic disorders. As a result, quails develop various diseases, including gout. The deposition of uric acid s alts in the tissues causes pain in the extremities. The bird's appetite is weakened, it is repelled from the feeder. A sick quail keeps apart, moves a little. In the area of \u200b\u200bthe joints, growths and seals form. Over time, the paws are bent, they can move apart.

Other reasons

Some infectious diseases affect the bones, joints, skin and nervous system of quails. Uncertain gait, falls, splayed legs, cramps can be signs of fatal ailments. Symptomatics

PullorozTrembling, closed eyes, immobility, continuous squeaking, frequent falls, dried droppings at the anal holes.Young quails are susceptible to infection.Newcastle diseaseDiarrhea, lack of appetite, heavy breathing, cloudy eyes. Damage to the nervous system is manifested in uncoordinated movements (legs move apart, the quail often falls on its side), saggy wings, a crooked neck, a head thrown back, paralysis. Bird flu (ornithosis)Ruffled feathers, unkempt appearance, convulsions.

Lack of trace elements in the body causes quail toes to curl. From time to time, their limbs are twisted, their paws can even move apart. A systematic lack of vitamin D leads to a disease such as rickets. Quails get sick more often. There is a noticeable lag in the development of the quail, thinness. Beak, claws soften.

The limbs and chest are bent, the paws are weakening and moving apart. The chicken is languishing, not showing cheerfulness.

Treatment methods

Beginning poultry breeders try to put quails with moving paws on their feet. To do this, the lower limbs of the baby are tied with a thread above the shins. Between the loops dressed on the legs, a distance of no more than 1 cm is left. This allows the quail to move. The legs cannot move apart.

There is a possibility that after 2-3 days the femur of the quail will jump into place. First, the baby needs to be urged to move with his hand. When he gets used to the food, a bowl of food and drink is placed at a short distance so that the quail has an incentive to approach them. If the dressing is done immediately after being removed from the incubator, then the bird has a chance to survive. True, the quail, whose paws were moving apart, will lag behind their peers in gaining mass.

Experienced poultry breeders do not waste time on this and reject babies with moving paws right away. Some owners throw away the last pair of quail eggs if they fall behind others in pecking. Experience shows that quails will come out of them with moving legs.

However, once a problem exists, new ideas for fixing it are born. It does not require time to deposit newborn cripples in a watering can inserted into a glass. The legs of the quail are tightly shifted, and he constantly stretches up from the trap, moving the hip joint with a small range of motion. This is the most efficient method. The average duration of the procedure is 5 hours.

Pullorosa and Newcastle disease are incurable. In order to avoid an epidemic, at the first suspicion of such an infection, quails with similar symptoms are isolated and tested in a veterinary laboratory. When pathogens of these diseases are detected, birds are burned.The place where quails are kept is cleaned of litter and disinfected.

For the treatment of bird flu, they turn to a veterinarian. Against gout, Novatofan, Urotropin, sodium bicarbonate are used.

If a quail has broken its leg, it is best to see a doctor. Even in this case, the owner needs to provide first aid to the bird as soon as possible. If the quail twitches, moves on moving legs, then the situation will deteriorate sharply and may go into a hopeless stage. In the presence of skin lesions, the area around the quail wound is cut with scissors and treated with furacelin. Small bones are taken out, dirt is washed off and smeared with iodine. Then the quail's paw is securely fixed with a bandage, tied to an even peg.

How to prevent the problem from occurring

In order to reduce the percentage of quails with moving legs, eggs are taken from quails that have been laying for more than 3 weeks to hatch chicks. Medium-sized specimens are selected and translucent on an ovoscope to cull defective ones. Strictly observe the rules of incubation.

Carefully monitor the young so that the breeding herd is formed from quails without hereditary diseases.

The most important factor for strengthening the immunity of birds is a balanced diet. The purity of the content, maintaining the temperature within 20 ° C has a positive effect on the he alth of quails. Under such conditions, livestock losses are minimized.