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Thank you for the response, I will stop freaking out unless someone drops dead. Their necropsy was done by a University vet, so I'm hoping they got the correct diagnosis for that bird. I'm getting what he vet said second hand, so I don't know exactly what the vet said said or what the chicken...

I sold a young rooster to someone in February. They recently texted me to let me know that he died and the vet who did the necropsy said it was Marek's (No PCR test). Their flock is small and was vaccinated, so it's assumed by the vet the Marek's originated in my flock. I was shocked because I...

Two months ago I has a chick that was attacked by her mother as soon as she hatched. Below's a picture of Frankenchick's injuries on one side of her head a couple days after the attack. When I rescued her from her mother, she had blood coming out of her nostrils along with pretty much being...

They were actually eggs purchased off of ebay! I can't remember the seller's name, but they had a brother who developed very quickly. He had more comb and wattles than the rest. He's the guy in the back in the below photo. Good luck with your chicks! Mine have been great layers and a great...

Just an update, all three were HENS. One still has a huge comb compared to her sisters, but they're all laying now.

Thursday I noticed Ducky, a blue Marans hen, was not feeling herself. She's doesn't stand hunched up, but she's less active than usual and doesn't seem as interested in eating. She is eating and drinking, but I she doesn't gobble up scratch feed like usual. It's not unusual for her to not be...

If you want big personality, game chickens are the answer. I have three hens and they are the bossiest, loudest and fiercest chickens in the group. No one messes with the game girls, not even the roosters! They're very curious chickens, and while mine are flighty and not really too friendly, I...

The width or the combs? I was only concerned with how tall they were, not width. I'll keep that in mind for the future, since I may have to try again for a hen...

I specialize in hatching boys, I really do. This is my first time with rose combed birds, so what makes them look like cockerels? The redness, or wattles, or comb development or all three?

I have three Wyandottes left after getting rid of one that was obviously a rooster. That guy had serious wattles and comb at three weeks, and was pretty full of himself. That leaves me with three, one I'm pretty sure is a girl and two I'm hoping are. They're now eight weeks. Chick 1 Chick...

This has been a very interesting and informative thread for me! I loved looking at all the different kind of Easter Eggers, though it's got me convinced I hatched a one hen batch of chicks again. I have three, two are splash colored, one with more wild coloring who's too sweet.Unfortunately...

Yeah, I ended up with three little roosters from this hatch. Thing 1 was the only girl. Thing 2 just got more and more yellow on him and his wattles and comb kept growing and getting red. Thing 1 has a tiny dark comb like her mother and only the barest traces of copper on her neck at ten weeks...

Thanks for the input! I think I might have gotten three roos out of this hatch, so I may post some updated pics to see if anyone else thinks so.

We have one full Marans and three Marans/Game crosses who are just shy of five weeks old now, and I was wondering if anyone could help up out with gender guesses. The mothers of three were given to us as "Game hens," so I don't really know what they are. The Marans--loves fighting with...

A slipped tendon seems likely. Not long after it happened she couldn't stretch the leg out fully behind her when she tried to stretch, and then a few hours later she managed that without a problem. That leg is obviously a little weaker than the other, which seems like it would make sense for a...

The 16th-18th we had some chicks hatch early in the incubator. Two came out with what we assumed were splay leg, though one only had trouble walking after being put on newspaper for a few minutes (lesson learned). So we braced their legs and prayed a lot. St. Patrick the Chick is, as far as I...

In a flock of nine, I have one hen that doesn't seem to tolerate the cold as well as the others. I'm in central Alabama, which means we're getting the rare night in the upper teens and not getting above forty during the day, but most the weather has been twenties and thirties as a low with a...

Thanks for the welcomes ocap and roosetersandhens. C: This is their favorite napping spot, which is ironically right outside my bedroom window. I wonder if they know...

First off, Backyard Chickens has been my go to place for chicken advice since before we got chickens this summer, and it was an awesome place for answers during our first hatch. We had eggs in the incubator and a few under a broody hen. All I knew about chickens was from when I was a kid...