We recently allowed a broody hen to hatch some of her own eggs; she is a blue laying easter egger and the rooster sire is a cuckoo marans buff orpington cross. The chicks all look a little different from each other and I'm really curious to hear any predictions for their phenotypes. Also, if you...
I've got some 1 week old chicks being mother raised and I'm planning on starting to give them some mealworms/insects soon so I'd like to start incorporating grit into their diet. I've heard about over gorging so I'm worried about just putting it out for them to free feed on (I put out some in a...
Recently I saw him limping on his left foot and it was quite swollen so I gave it an epsom salt bath. At first I thought it could be bumble foot, but there was no evident wound. When I bent his leg he did not seem to be in pain, and he has been walking on it okay. Either he has been pecking at...