We culled our first and most beloved hen, "Goldie", today. After performing the emotionally difficult task (a first for us), we also performed a very rudimentary necropsy (another first for us)...and are hoping to learn something from Goldie's death.
Anyway, this is what we found inside of...
So we picked up 7 new baby chicks of various breeds this week and our observant daughter noticed that one of them appears to have deformed feet - an "extra" toe on each foot. I don't imagine this is an issue to be concerned about, but I am curious if others have come across this before with...
Okay my fellow chicken lovin' friends. The question is whether our Blue Ameraucana chicken should keep her name, Rozz, because she is indeed a hen...OR if his name should be changed to Fozz, because he is actually a roo.
The details are as follows:
hatch date 4/18/2014
purchased as a...