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I didn’t think to have kept it so I can’t tell you if that was hard or soft… sorry! Also I noticed those too but I think it’s from their nesting pads. It’s a straw/hay-like material. We gave her a warm soak two days ago and then isolated her in a dark crate with electrolytes overnight...
Nobody else is acting unusual, only her. Leading up to the bloody poop she had been laying eggs with a flat spot for maybe a week. One was cracked on the flat spot. Once we saw the poop, we soaked her in a warm bath and isolated her overnight with electrolyte water. In the morning she had passed...
I was thinking a possibility of blakc australorp for the darker ones due to the black/yellow.. especially the one with the bicolor beak. But yes, adorable!!!
What are your guesses on the parent breeds? I got the hatching eggs off a lady on Craigslist but the chat is gone and I don’t have her information to ask about her flock
Super smart! The black one does have very light feathering down the side of the legs. It’s not enough to be cute…yet. It kind of looks like hair growing pimples 😂 I haven’t counted toes though…
I am very curious as to the breeds for these two. Came from the same batch, the rest of their siblings have found their forever homes but I kept two. I’ve never seen the soft down (?) saddle feathers develop like that. The black one has a few feathers growing out of each leg as well. Anyway...