or many years I had roosters around (a gift from the mother of a kindergardner whose incubator chicks from a class project, had "never laid any eggs") They are pastured birds who enjoy sitting on the sheep in the winter and I supply many families and one café with bright-yoked eggs.
One of my chicks (smaller breed, so smaller chick) has something wrong with her leg joint (hock) and that leg is sticking straight out. I brought two in last night. The other, quite a bit bigger, seems to have wry neck and is better but I have a question about her, too. But first, I found her...