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The first pictures he looks really dark but in daylight with his feathers coming in he actually looks pretty greyish/blue. The feed store sold him as a BLRW but I’ve seen some chicks online that are a lot lighter like you’re saying (which is why I thought they may have made a mistake) but...

Ok thanks guys! if anyone has any pointers on integrating a young roo into a flock that already has a big sweet barred rock rooster let me know 🙃

Now that I’m looking at it in better lighting I think you’re definitely right that he/she a blue laced red! I was hoping someone would say no way that is a pullet though but that’s ok 😂

Brought this lil buddy home from the Burns Feed Store in Oregon expecting a blue laced red Wyandotte pullet… feeling like it might look like a cockerel & also feeling like I’m not sure if it’s the same color variation we thought we were getting? Any opinions from you experts would be interesting...

I haven't started her on vitamins but I will certainly do that, and try to get a better chick chair set up. Thank you for the guidance!!!

Yeah, her toes are definitely curled and I dont think she has the ability to move them as far as i have been able to tell

I brought 5 chicks home, 2 of them silkies. When I put the little guys into their brooder I noticed right away that one of the silkies was moving around pretty erratically. After doing some googling I assume its a slipped tendon (?), I have also read that it could be a bone deformity that she...

Little update... dont want to speak to soon but we are seeing some improvement. She is moving around a lot more and will try to evade me somewhat when im in there whereas before she barely acknowledged me when i'd come to pick her up. She's also drinking water now and will sometimes take a...

Yes I can definitely do that. I held her for awhile this morning around 530am and was massaging her crop and i believe it had felt about the same as yesterday, except yesterday it felt a little more squishy and today feels a little more textured if that makes sense. I'll keep checking on her...

I've been giving her less than 1ml of the Safeguard so I can definitely increase that and try to get her to take some coconut oil! Her poops are definitely runny. From what I can tell her belly doesnt feel enlarged. I dont think shes eating her regular pellets at all, not sure if i should try to...

she has no other symptoms outside of breathing and not really moving. Every breath she takes is about the same and is accompanied with her stretching up and the sound of wheezing. She laid an egg yesterday which we were surprised by based on her condition. she hasnt eaten and im not sure if shes...

Hey guys! We have an eight month old hen who we are very worried about. We hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary until she jumped into the front yard (which is out of character) and then made no effort to run away when we went to grab her. She was clearly struggling to breathe, which...