Hi everyone
I have a bit of an odd Jap Bantam question...
My family and I have kept a few egg and meat chicken breeds for years.
This year my 3 yr old twin girls begged for some "pet chickens", eventually we settled on a few silkie pullets and a few JB pullets and so far they've been a lot of...
Looks like a little Wyandotte Roo.
"surprise Roos" always seem to be the "favorite hen", Roos tend to be very outgoing and friendly when they're young.
Feed stores mislabel chicks ALL the time. Sometimes it's the hatcheries fault, other times the store employees just have no clue and write whatever breed is listed on the packing invoice.
I picked up 3 Japanese bantams last week from my local TSC that were in the Meat Bird bin.
Your chick...
Poor baby! Her behavior could be the result of stress and injury, or she just may be a laid back, less aggressive chick.
Definitely apply some antibiotics ointment, at least once a day.
I've found a bit of corn starch works better than Blue Kote for small bleeds. It coagulates the blood...
I ordered 10 assorted silkies and 5 assorted bantams from them.
It took 5 days to get a shipping date and exactly 1 month for my chicks to ship (drop shipped from Cackle Hatchery).
18 Chicks arrived fat and happy at my post office on the second day and everyone survived.
I recieved a nice...
Definitely NOT RIRs.
Those are golden sex links, or gold comets (as my TSC marks them as).
Good layers and ok pets, one of my meanest hens is a
Gold sex link but others find them very docile.