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I have a black chicken that I caught in the wild. Her feathers have a green/violet iridescent hue. When she was a chick, she had a pair of white feathers on each of her wings which have since turned black.

That's pretty interesting as they all came from my boss' backyard from a single clutch of eggs. I don't see many crested chickens in the wild, but perhaps one escaped captivity and intermingled with the wild chickens out where he lives.

It's more likely infection. These wounds often look worse than they really are. Whenever you get such an injury, the wound should be immediately cleaned and disinfected. Apply antiseptic ointment and Bandage the wound after sufficiently cleaning. Change bandages at least once, preferably...

Came into some baby chicks recently and one chick of the bunch has a significantly different head shape than the rest. Its wings are also significantly smaller than the rest. Wondering what could cause this. Photos attached.

I've raised multuple chicks who were at least a week or two old before I started raising them. It will take them a while to get used to you if they've already imprinted, but it can be done. As long as you feed them and let them cuddle under your hand like they would the mama hen, they'll calm...

She likes the attention.

I've tried with one of the roosters I had, but he didn't seem to want to walk at all when wearing the harness. I ended up just carrying him everywhere instead.

As it stands right now, she can't even walk on that foot. She just hops around on her good foot so it seems apparent that she will likely never walk again. I could just give her a whole bunch of antibiotics in the hope of staving off further infection, but it would really suck if she had to...

I was approached by my manager at work who requested I try to catch a chicken in our parking lot who had a broken foot. I ended up catching her and putting her in a box to keep her calm until I got home. After getting home, I see the injury is far worse than I thought. The flesh is...

Friend doesn't want to get rid of the rooster so we put him in a separate enclosure. Maybe he'll calm down given enough time, but for the time being, he's not going back in with the hen.

Are you making sure to turn the eggs in the incubator?

A few weeks ago, I found the hen I have with a wound on its head. I concluded it was the result of the silkie rooster attacking it. I had them separated and would bring the hen out so that they could see each other without having physical contact. Today, I let the silkie out of the coop to...

And here's a photo of the silkie.

The wild one is approximately 4 months old. If what I was told is correct, the silkie should be about 2.5 weeks older. How long does it usually take for them to calm down? I can try to pitch the idea of keeping them in view of each other.

I'm not 100% sure, but it looks like one and it's pretty close to the time where I've read it should start laying/crowing. The wild one is sleeping right now and it's too dark to take a pic of the one outside, but here's a photo.