- Oct 27, 2014
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hi everyone, i am new here, i got an account here just for ask something. i have two birds, one is a female and the other is a male. they are hybrids (the ones you eat, Cornish x Plymouth Rock White), i rescued them from the chick factory (they were discarted, i mean the ones that were deformed, had some eggshell "glued", and with no feathers/down) they were going to be sacrified. i picked 4 the best ones, one was killed by my dog (the first day), another died 2 days after because it had a strange disease (he had the head against his back, like a neurological disease) and survived two. one (the male, he had no down developed) didn´t get feathers like the female (because of slow "feathering" gene), he is now 1 and a half month old (like 6 weeks), he is incredible heavy (is three times larger than the female) i think he weights 3-4 Kg but he has troubles growing feathers near his cloaca and chest, he poops himself on that area. i wonder what can i do to make them grow faster. and i had another problem 3 days ago, he is so heavy and tried to jump to a fence and fell and broke one of his wings, i was worried but he feels good and it is healing well. they eat everything, grass, rest of foods, dog food (when they can), worms, insects and the food that is specialy made for chickens. they´re so bright and vibrant (but the male´s feathers are like ugh, they are in so bad shape) but his skin and his scomb is very red, and i think it is good.
(sorry for my english)
(sorry for my english)