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The chick in question ended up dying unfortunately. I got mine at feed stores too so I guess I’d just chalk it up to sloppy breeding. :confused:

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Thankfully everyone is behaving normally now. I guess that’s probably how 5 toed birds started in the first place...genetic abnormalities lol. I’m hoping one of the reds is a cockerel. I’ve been wanting a red Cochin cockerel. But even if it’s one of the buffs, I hope I only have one cockerel...

Okay I finally got pics of this little one. I had assumed it was a bantam Cochin but the 5 toes has me puzzled. Perhaps it’s just the anomalies of sloppy hatchery breeding? Um...please disregard the frozen chicken thawing in the background lol As you can see below, it has feathered...

Sorry guys but I had to avert a crisis this morning!! I have the 7 chicks in the garage in a rabbit hutch. I have food, water and a heat plate for them. There’s a bit of a learning curve for store chicks to learn that they need to go underneath to warm themselves. They seemed to catch on...

Yes. It’s definitely red and not buff. It has a little darker red spot on its head too. I’ll be sure to get pics tomorrow. They’re hatchery chicks so maybe there’s a mix up going on? :idunno

Yes I’m sorry! :oops: I’ll post some tomorrow as I’m currently at the tax office lol.

I purchased 5 assorted bantam chicks at TSC today. One is clearly a porcelain D’Uccle. The other four (2 buff & 2 red) are (I assumed) Cochins. However, while taking care of some pasty butt on some of them, I noticed one of the red chicks has 5 toes! ALL four of these chicks have feathered...