What on earth is going on with our astralorp’s crop? It’s big, squishy and it sways around. It will occasionally touch the ground when she eats. It’s not tender, she’ll let me massage it and not fuss. Poop is good, appetite is good, energy level is good. It’s been about a week now.
Here’s the (short) backstory. We picked up one Cream Legbar & one Welsummer baby chick in April (and many many others, chicken math). After one week, one of them failed to thrive. Which one do we still have?? We picked up an additional Cream Legbar the following week, so here are photos of both...
We’ve taken to calling this chick “Biff the buff”, “Joe Biffy” in anticipation of a cockerel proclamation. Absolutely the most sweet, curious and lovable chick. Too soon to tell the sex? We are just over 4 weeks today and have a mixed flock the same age, so little to compare to though the comb...