I looked up what a Niederrheiner chicken looks like and I think that might be it.
Hamburger was hatched from the same brood as a hen that looks suspiciously like
what Niederrheiner would look like.
Although not quite it.
Sorry if its blurry she wouldn't sit still
So I've been wondering what breed of chicken my hen was for a while now. She has abnormally short legs and has naked neck too.
The only breed of chicken i could find that had short legs like that was Scots Dumpy, but I'm pretty sure the man that we got her egg
from didn't have any Dumpys.
I'm...
It cloud be it. But from what I've seen this deformity affects broiler chickens. And my chicken is a naked-neck ( a rooster i think). He is 3 weeks old and about 490 grams in weight. Plus the bone doesn't really seem to be bent like the broiler, I am almost sure the problem is the joints. But...
I need help! One of my young chickens has a twisted leg. I've noticed this problem about a week ago and wanted to do something about it, but my father told me it was best to leave him alone, to not cause more damage. And now its worse then before, and i can even see some swelling to.
I've looked...