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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Ah you’re right on the comb - I got it backwards! Thanks!
  2. TheOvoOffice

    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Update on feather development after two weeks of eating a proper diet. Comb/waddle development and size of legs has me leaning towards roo. Feather colors and single comb makes me think perhaps a Brahma mix. Thoughts?
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Oh man, I hadn’t considered how malnutrition could affect secondary sex characteristic development! Very good point, thanks for sharing. 😵‍💫
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Thanks for the input! My suspicion is that this chick probably didn’t have any other chicks or chickens around it and this is likely just a case of very poor nutrition 😢
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Here's hoping! Her feathers are quite fine and gossamer, but do break easily. Could just be from poor nutrition leading to improper feather growth versus being a frazzle!
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    oh wow! That's QUITE the transformation!! (and quite a similar growth pattern with some baldness!) Because we have no clue what her diet was (and I live in a very urban area so I suspect she was hatched as a project and a lone chick by someone who doesn't know how to raise chickens and not given...
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    This chick also hops and has slightly unsteady legs at times! Its skin is very pink versus black, so I don’t think it is a sizzle.
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Thanks for the input!
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Thoughts on the possibility of it being a Frazzle? And anyone have a frazzle and dealt w other related genetic health issues?
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Thanks! I’m loving the prospects of two votes for pullet 🤞
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    More pictures of this goofy chick
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    Mystery chick dumped at the shelter

    Hi! This chick was literally dumped at my area shelter. Unfortunately, that means we know actually nothing about it including age, breed, or if it received proper nutrition for the first few weeks of its life that could have affected feather growth. My suspicion due to the feather pattern...
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    Hen over-mounting another

    Thanks for sharing! Of course I didn’t think of the victim. She is very subservient. Have you found that when you separate the lowest of the pecking order and reintegrate there are issues? If I understand your article correctly, it seems time away from the flock can do good for building up...
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    Hen over-mounting another

    I have an all hen flock. One hen keeps mounting the newest (and smallest) gal. I ordered aprons. Will she have to forever wear an apron? Will the top gal eventually stop mounting her so much? It’s been about six months since she was brought into the flock and she is otherwise fairly integrated -...
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    Help needed fast! Hen or roo?

    I always love seeing the outcome on the hen or roo posts and so few people go back to confirm! 🙂
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    Help needed fast! Hen or roo?

    Also, she has black skin in some places and blue ears, so I agree that she’s probably a silkie mix!
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    Help needed fast! Hen or roo?

    Hi all! I wanted to post an update. Ruth has grown in tail feathers that seem pretty hen-like and while she hasn’t laid an egg (that I’ve found), she started squatting for me yesterday and hasn’t crowed so I’m feeling pretty confident your pullet votes were on point! Thanks so much. I love her...
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    Help needed fast! Hen or roo?

    Thanks all for the (tentative and hopeful) pullet votes! :)
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    Help needed fast! Hen or roo?

    It's on stray hold for two more days - after that it's open for adoption, and will get transferred to another more rural shelter or rescue. (It's a "no kill" shelter.)
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    Help needed fast! Hen or roo?

    I can do that - it's just really hard to rehome a Roo since I live in an urban area with few connections to farms!
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