Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1907 — The Cause of Wry Tails. [ARTICLE]

The Cause of Wry Tails.

The cause of wry tails is obscure, but is attributed to an injury to the hip or some part of the rear of the body, which causes a deformity. Examine a wry tailed chicken after dressing it and you will usually find, we think, that it is a deformity cf some part of the body, usually of- the hip, that causes it. It has been argued that such deformities are caused by overcrowding In the brooder or being crowded into a cramped position for several hours when the bones are soft and plastic. This, however, is theory only.