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Besides that lump, they seem VERY happy, loving little girls...and VERY tolerant of my kids...I'm also very proud of my kids for their abilities to be gentle, and respect the birds. This chicken experience has been great so far!!! Here are my kids from tonight...you can see the bulge in...

here is a pic from the other day when it was really big, before giving grit...

here is one pic taken tonight...you can sort of see it there on the barred rock (black bird) ... it's smaller then it was, but still there for sure...I'll keep looking at the pics we took tonight of the kids with the chickens and see if I can find another that shows it more...

Quote: Too late...I did give them a small bowl of grit the other day and they pecked for a bit...and since I have given a small sprinkling on their food each day, the lumps are down now, still slightly there, but I'm guessing that is what it is... I have my camera now, but hubby took some...

My camera is out in the car and well to be honest I don't like going way out to my car at night because we live in the boonies and we have had mountain lions right close the house many years ago and you only need that once to freek ya out! DH is not stopped, but he's sleeping, otherwise I'd...

Quote: So do they always have a little bump there, because they always eat....??? my girls are for sure eating, they investigate everything, peck at any and all things they can...

both my chicks have the right side of the chest bumped up...and when I feel it, it feels like a muscle...but if they had muscles there, wouldn't they have it on both sides? My thought was could it be that they ate shavings and/or the new start feed (that is more pebbling then the powder food...