I have a 2 week old Speckled Sussex named Sundae who appears to have a toenail at the carpal joint of each wing. My other chicks are 4 days to one week old and all of different breeds, so I can't compare her to the others. I never noticed this in our previous batch of chicks and I can't seem to find any mention of it in the forums.
Has anyone heard of this? The kids think maybe we have a baby dinosaur on our hands (ha ha!), but I'm wondering if maybe "she" is really a "he". We keep hens for pets & eggs, so I am afraid to get attached just in case we have to find a new home for Sundae. She's pretty wiggly and not used to being held, but is very good with the younger chicks and not aggressive at all. In fact, they all snuggle up to her when it's nap time.
In the photo below, the toenail is under the fluff that extends out from the wing, just below my fingers. I didn't know how to edit the picture to label it exactly. Any ideas?
Since I can't have have more kids, I guess I'll have more chickens! The "Fluff Butts": 3 Red Stars, 3 Plymouth Partridge Rocks and 2 Black Stars; The "Little Peeps": 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Road Island Red, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Gold Star, 1 Silver Leghorn, 1 White Leghorn x California White, 1 "surprise-I'm-not-actually-a-pullet" Ancona cockerel, and 1 Speckled Sussex cockerel.
Since I can't have have more kids, I guess I'll have more chickens! The "Fluff Butts": 3 Red Stars, 3 Plymouth Partridge Rocks and 2 Black Stars; The "Little Peeps": 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Road Island Red, 1 Buff Orpington, 1 Gold Star, 1 Silver Leghorn, 1 White Leghorn x California White, 1 "surprise-I'm-not-actually-a-pullet" Ancona cockerel, and 1 Speckled Sussex cockerel.
