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I have had at least 1 around since I was little, love them. decent layers, and very hardy.

They have wings.

You can't overload her with the good stuff, she will just pass on what she doesn't need.

That's good to know... I do know, that when dealing with a "yeast type" infection, the patient should stay away from corn. Corn really feeds the yeast/fungus. After treatment with anti-fungals, then make sure to use yogurt/acidofilis(sp), it will put the good bacteria back on track.

Cute!!

Ours MOLT in fall, and molt again in spring. The spring molt is usually a smaller event that fall MOLT. But a few of my girls always seem to want a completely new outfit every spring. Sounds like your girls might need some extra oyster shell?? If you have it free-choice already...

Once in a while these weird eggs happen, but oyster shell is always good. I do not mix mine in, but have a separate pan of oyster shell for them to eat it free choice. edited because apparently I can't spell today, had to fix it, lol

That "bump" is their crop. They are very full, like when you eat a big meal and your stomach is FULL. As long as they can waddle, they should be fine.

Any breed of chicken can have sprigs. Pluck them if they bother you, or if you are going to show them. It's kinda like a uni-brow on people, lol.

was the hen setting on them before you put them in the bator?

Control, not con troll (big green ogres really???lol). I mentioned the war there, and why this war we're in right now that isn't, but could be helping the economy.

Several people on here have said that the President has no con troll over the economy, or very little, or whatever he does won't come to pass for a long while.... I'd like for all of you to take a look at what president Franklin D. Roosevelt did in the 1930-40's. However, when war started...

The more roosters you have the more likely they are to be aggressive. I second craigslist, or freecycle (if you have it in your area).

I use shavings in my brooder, but in my bator, I use puppy pads over newspaper. The puppy pads would get expensive in the brooder, and I think too the paper towels would be not so cost effective for long term use.

Thank you all for chiming in. I think cashdi probably had the best answer.... LOL. Happened to me too. But IDK what caused it either, the chicken grew up fine... (LOOSELY paraphrased :) I had one hatch similar to this as well, but he has other issues and died a few weeks later. His one eye...

this was a mutt batch of ameraucana, EE, and hatchery RIR. He is black, the funky down doesn't show up on pictures. he has sparse down, and the ends of it are "burnt hair" looking, does that make sense??? I don't have any frizzle, sizzle(??? what are they???), or silkie in my flock (that I...

(Sorry to the muscovey lovers here) Even when little Muscovey's have ugly faces. You would know.

I had a drake duck (childhood pet, who loved me and bit everyone else, lol) who lived well over 12 years, not sure how long. Right now I have several old ladies, one 6 year old one eyed who hen still lays a few eggs a week. Since we free range most of our layer birds, enough cull themselves...

Commercial hatcheries often cross the crested ducks with any breed they have, and make some interesting combinations, of color, crest size, etc... If they are Swedish, there are blue, and black that the hatcheries sell.

Not sure if this goes here, or in the chicks section... Mods, feel free to move it. I hatched out 50 + chicks a week ago. Only lost the one to the at the time, so we are doing good now. They are all thriving. However, one little guy has the strangest down. It almost looks singed, or...