"Teacup" is a gentle giant that I can no longer keep. He's just over one year old. Despite his size, weirdly, he always defers to other roosters. Hand raised, completely non-aggressive, yet very protective of the flock from predators. Size makes him pretty "hawkproof".
Littleton MA, but...
Hi! Sorry to hear about your hen. My hen's break was too high up to splint or sling, so she built up a rough bone repair around the break after 1.5 months in a small space, but she doesn't walk well at all still. If you image google broken chicken leg (), there are good images of what to...
Awesome! Because they're skittish, does after dark, or early morning work? Will be easiest to gather them when they're roosting. Do you want all of them? They're so sweet :).
For disposition and cuddliness, Americauna/EE's :). For softness+beauty, brahmas and silver laced Wyandottes. For sheer craziness and entertainment, Polish. For brooding/good mothering, Australorp and Orpingtons. :D
I'll describe here, and post photos of specific hens if anyone is interested. All hens.
6 Mo - 1 YO's available: blue Andalusian; splash Andalusian; two "splash"(but really mostly white) Favacaunas; black sexlink;
1-2 YOs: two golden laced Wyandottes (bonded), buff brahma bantam
The splash...
Thanks! So you think that goofy mohawk is a crest? It's so tiny compared to the usual Polish puffball. Would these chicks grow to have partial crests I wonder?
I have 14 chicks right now from 3 broody hatchers... All of the chicks were fathered by either a blue jersey giant/orp (this guy: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-is-my-giant-guy.1176140/), or a silver laced Wyandotte roo, and one of many types of moms (Silv laced polish/lav...
So I ended up vetting it... Spiral fracture at the bottom of the large upper leg bone, just above the joint. Decided against surgery; too hard to splint the upper leg reliably;-- so just isolating/immobilizing while it hopefully knits/builds new bone. Giving extra calcium supplements so...
Three year old mix hen, suddenly not able to walk due to one bad leg yesterday. It's completely without muscle tone-- foot just hangs there- leg flops from the first joint. (The 'Backwards knee'). Side to side hangs, if that makes sense-- it's not hanging down to the floor if I pick her up...
This guy (Teacup) is as tall as my dog. He was a "mystery rare" chick. What the heck is he? And is that blue or lavender? He's less than a year old ( most of the ladies around him are a few years older).
When he crows, he sounds like a cross between a monkey and a train. :) Thanks!