A couple of months ago I rescued seven chicks, from the local feed store, that were labeled as sexed female brown leghorn chicks.
They had horrid pasty butt (well over an inch thick) and their toes were warped from the flooring they were on. I didn't think they would make it home and it took weeks for me to nurse them back to health. With lots and lots of butt cleaning, high quality food and electrolytes. Most of them lost partial toes and they had developed a nasty habit of eating their own feces (which thankfully they outgrew).
Anyway, five of the seven chicks are boys. In addition, they are obviously not brown leghorns. We have a runty golden campine hen (she's around 2.5 pounds). They look identical to her only they are a fraction of her size. I'd guess their age now to be around ten weeks and they can't weigh more than a pound. I don't see them even coming close to the size of our runty hen, much less 5 pounds.
The males and the females look identical (with of course males having combs already flopping over). White earlobes and gray legs. Same exact disposition to a campine - flighty, active and alert. I tried to get pictures today, but the camera died and I don't have backup batteries.
I guess my question is can they be anything other than a bantam golden campine? Any insight is appreciated.
Here they are as babies:
Here they are about four to five weeks ago:
They had horrid pasty butt (well over an inch thick) and their toes were warped from the flooring they were on. I didn't think they would make it home and it took weeks for me to nurse them back to health. With lots and lots of butt cleaning, high quality food and electrolytes. Most of them lost partial toes and they had developed a nasty habit of eating their own feces (which thankfully they outgrew).
Anyway, five of the seven chicks are boys. In addition, they are obviously not brown leghorns. We have a runty golden campine hen (she's around 2.5 pounds). They look identical to her only they are a fraction of her size. I'd guess their age now to be around ten weeks and they can't weigh more than a pound. I don't see them even coming close to the size of our runty hen, much less 5 pounds.
The males and the females look identical (with of course males having combs already flopping over). White earlobes and gray legs. Same exact disposition to a campine - flighty, active and alert. I tried to get pictures today, but the camera died and I don't have backup batteries.
I guess my question is can they be anything other than a bantam golden campine? Any insight is appreciated.
Here they are as babies:
Here they are about four to five weeks ago:
