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  1. tananaBrian

    One Cornish Cross chick is smaller and is starting to have splayed legs - 2 wks old today

    Hi, Of the 25 cornish crosses that I got this year (first time with meat birds), one of them is half-sized at 2 wks old and had legs slightly splayed out. This one walked and moved normally, but has always be a "sit around chick", not as active as the others. I assumed there was something...
  2. tananaBrian

    Curled (or bent?) toes?

    Hi, We just inherited some pullets a couple of weeks ago, noting that they are 9 weeks old now, and I notice that one of them has curled toes on her right foot. The toes straighten out just fine, but when she 'grips' with her toes, the toes on that foot curl to the side rather than down...
  3. tananaBrian

    Buffy died suddenly ...what next?

    Hi, New to chickens here, and our chickens are 8 months old now. They've all been producing very well (4 chickens, average 21 eggs/week) and all appeared health ...but one of the two buff orpingtons was found dead this morning. Is there anything I can do to determine what killed her? I...
  4. tananaBrian

    Which chicken laid the egg?

    Hi, Can anyone here tell by color which type of chicken laid which egg? Our (only) golden comet started laying a couple of weeks ago and initial eggs were much like the one on the left ...slightly darker and weighed 40 grams each. Now they are usually like the one in the middle...
  5. tananaBrian

    My chicks aren't eating as much feed??

    Hi, New to all of this ...we have four 5-week old chickens that we've had since they were 3 days old (two buff orpingtons, a golden comet, and a cherry egger). When just kept in the brood box that I made, they finished off as much as a quart of starter feed in a day (admittedly probably over...
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