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post #41 of 43

4/28/12 at 3:29pm

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good choices

Dreams of a better world.....where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned:o)

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The mucous is exactly that...mucous. It's from stress from shipping & adjusting to the new environment. They will be fine. It's normal for the first few days in shipped babies.

It was gone by the second day. :) They are perfectly happy and healthy now. I let them swim some yesterday. It was so cute!

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Layna: from what I have seen & read about the extra toes it can happen frequently in some breeds. It just means it's not show quality. Won't hurt it a bit. Just avoid using that 1 as a breeder if you are trying for show quality birds.

Yeah, we will be giving him to a friend who doesn't plan on breeding. ;)