Got a group of backyard mixes, the man who had them says this one is at least part, if not full blooded white leg horn. He wasn't sure the exact age, but it was hatched out this spring/early summer. He had a barn of hundreds so there was really no way of knowing.
After I got it home I noticed...
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I have a marans chick 12-14 weeks old who I just noticed today is walking on her knees. She and another chick from the same batch have never acted normal since the day I bought them home. I posted about them when they were 5-6 weeks old that they weren't very active and the...
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I bought 3 chick's from the feed store that were sold as cuckoo marans. They are now around 6 weeks old (I've had them for 4 weeks but they were older chick's when I got them). They are clearly not cuckoo marans, but what are they? Only 1 has feathered legs and 2 are developing copper...
I bought several chicks from a local store and this lady is supposed to be a black Astrolorp, but her neck feathers are coming in with copper coloring on them. The bin was black astrolorps and ISA browns so now I have no clue what she is. I'm thinking black sex link? Anybody got any better...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
My husband and I got chickens about 4 years ago on a whim. We bought a premade coop that said it held 6 chickens 🤦♀️, yea... it was only big enough for 1-2 chickens and the run wasn't even big enough for one chicken! So we got rid...
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I'm brand new to chicks and after planning and researching the brooder, the coop and the breeds I got my chicks and it's mostly going well. That being said I have several breeds that are meshing well, but my cuckoo marans just don't act like the rest. After a week and a half they are...