I'm not sure if y'all remember, but about four months back I hatched a very dark chick who was a little puny and leaned to the right. Well she's still with me, with a neck deformity that doesn't really seem to slow her down. She keeps to herself, but the rest of the flock don't seen to treat her...
Mine can be kind of a jerk. He's spurred me twice, but both times I was handling birds that put up a fuss. He also spurred my dog (Weimaraner/lab mix) last week. But I free range them, so I'm glad he's a jerk. He was already about 8 mos old when I got him and hadn't been handled much. He doesn't...
It was frostbite. My coop didn't have enough ventilation to allow the moisture to escape. We had a couple of hard freezes; after that the comb became discolored, shriveled up, and the hens picked them off. It was a very long and distressing process, for me.
This is when I got him and his...
Thanks! His comb was a lot better but he lost all points over the winter. I was pretty disappointed. That was my first winter with chickens, so hopefully that won't happen anymore. :/
Guess I'm not in denial anymore. :( This was the only SS chick I kept from my last hatch. Maybe I'll get a pullet or two from the 40 eggs currently in the bator.
Two baby roos I'm growing out. My own hatch on the left, a feed store chick on the right. And two weeks' age difference. The chick I hatched just has such lovely dark feathers compared to the other. I almost don't want to waste my time with the feed store chick. Guess I could pair him with two...
All my chickens smelled nice, until I got some exbats at an auction. They smelled like stockyards. So I bathed them. Almost a year later, they still smell like stockyards. They are just smelly little birds.