Bought four lavender orpingtons at an auction. I'm no expert but this fellow is no orpington!
Can someone tell me what breed he is?
Thanks for your help.
Thank you for the replies. I ordered the chicks from McMurray (a hassle getting them across the border) in May. They were all supposed to be hens but I got several roosters. :( If he is a EE/Maran cross I wonder what colour eggs his off spring would produce?
I've lost about 5 chickens in the last two weeks. When I find them there is no marks or wounds of any kind; just a dead chicken.
Today I found this 3 year old hen completely blind. She seems to be healthy other wise.
Could this be Merrick's disease? Thanks for your help.
Was locking my chickens in for the night and noticed Stella was walking funny. She could not seem to keep her balance.
When I picked her up I noticed that her feet have curled downward so that she is actually walking on the tops of her feet.
Has anyone seen this before? Can you treat it? I...
#1. I don't think it is a Speckled Sussex as I have a couple of those already and he/she doesn't look like them at all. Perhaps a Speckled Sussex cross? Say a Sussex hen crossed with a Plymouth rock rooster?
#2. Jersey Giant. Could be. Is he a he? Could it be an Australorp?
#3. I am not...
As my McMurray Chickens get older I am finding more "interesting" breeds that I didn't order.
Can anyone out there in BYC land help me identify these chicks? They were hatched in April.
Thank you.
Happens every year; I get my McMurray order across the border and after the chicks get to be 8 weeks old or so I can tell that some of these are not what I ordered.
Can you wonderful people out there in BYC land help me out again?
#1. As I said these are about 8 weeks old and they have me...