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I think of chickens as little fluffy dinosaurs but my family just doesn't see it.   Point of interest: are the scales on chickens' feet dinosaur scales?
If it is bumblefoot, isolate the chick from the rest. Then you'll want to give your bird some chicken-approved antibiotics, like lincomycin and amoxicillin. Whether it is bumblefoot or not, I would wrap the foot in gauze and put a...
Whoo-hoo, amen.
Whoohoo! She's not sick! And she is a great delaware, just not a show delaware. Thats ok. My house is a chicken show.  
I can't post a pic from my phone, but my chick's feet are slightly grayish green. Dusky, like you said. I don't mind if her feet are weird, I love her all the same because she's family. She will be ok, right?
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Never mind everybody. Some delawares just have weird legs because of strange genetic mumbo jumbo yada yada yada and it turns out it's actually quite common to have blue-green-greyish legs, as I found out from the extremely long...
Quote: Originally Posted by kathyinmo  I cull green legs.   Are green legs bad? I have one delaware chick with green legs, I love her, and I will not breed her.
She walks and perches and scratches bedding just fine, but her legs have turned blue gray. She is a delaware, and her feet used to be orange. What is going on with this chick?
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