I have a serama raising several chicks. One of the last to hatch is a beautiful gray chick (they are all mixed hybrids) but the hen has rejected it and pecks it. All the other chicks are yellow and brown. I am thinking of dyeing the gray a brownish color so it can blend in (mixing food color...
I know there has been some discussion of Mareks Disease, because I have read quite a bit of it. Unfortunately it has shown up in my flock. I have an 8 month old Americana cross, that I got as a chick this June, along with five others. I have a mixed flock of 16, including two roosters. One...