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So this has happened to a total of maybe 10 birds out of around 50.... one day drinking and doing their thing....and then back legs go limp. I have attached two photos of each , one a hen....the other a rooster. The hen is inside because she could no longer get up in the hen house......and...

So we need some help... as you can see from the picture the main concern is if it it is the umbilical or the placenta thing and if it will just dry up.... or something more serious such as the intestine or something internal from the chick. Let me back up.... we out this morning and our blue...

Well heck, I showed you guys all the rest....here is #6 of the batch which my friend purchased - the other rooster if it helps at all to identify the breed(s) ; so, are they all the same breed? - I just gotta know??

Closer look at comb

Here is a closer look at that rooster....

Oh, I am so confused; however, the buff plymouth rocks look like both of them...exaclly from all pics I have seen-now the rooster....that is a whole another story....looks similar to my wyndottes, but he is still pretty young just purchased this last spring with the other hens in the pick - I am...

Sorry "tan" not Orange.

so I have two different breeds? Good to know.

You must be on the right track....these hens have a touch of the crazy also, they go after my Wyndotte hens constantly....thank you for your help.

Oh you are right on with the barred rock for the black and white ones...spitting image from all the pics I can see....but what about the orange ones? do barred rocks come in orange? Those look like dead ringers for the buff orpingtons.....any thoughts?

thank you for the lobe clarification...no the lobe seems small to me, not really that large at all.

Oh you are right on with the barred rock for the black and white ones...spitting image from all the pics I can see....but what about the orange ones? do barred rocks come in orange? Those look like dead ringers for the buff orpingtons.....any thoughts?

sorry I meant lobe.

OK...new to the chicken world so be kind, what is an orb?

It has a straight comb, yes.

A friend of mine called me one morning and said she purchased some chickens at the local Ace Hardware and was keeping them in her garage and her husband said they had to go. I already had six Wyndotte hens and a rooster so I said sure. Does anybody know what breed they are? (I know that the...