There's no swelling or heat in his left leg as compared to the other, he is pretty hot though. He has a pretty good resting set up, and I'll cook him some eggs right now!
Thanks for the tips! I'll make sure the flock still remains accustomed to him.
He was taken off of the chick starter for a few days since he's been in the coop, could that have contributed to his injury? I have a gif of him posted here for reference if you need!
Hello! Thank you, it's good to know that they're still in danger at this age, growing up with the flock or not. I heard that 6-7 weeks was the ideal time to introduce, but we still waited until they were a little bigger. Funny enough, they've been pretty acceptive of our little pullet, letting...
Thank you! This guy hatched from one of our own chickens, but I think at least some kind of a quarantine would be a good idea. He's currently being kept separate from the others with his sister for company, they're a pretty close duo but tell me if you think I should take her out. Some good...
I have a little cockerel about 10 weeks old, and when I introduced him to our flock the chickens were pretty aggressive and charged him a few times. They got used to him eventually, but yesterday one attacked and he developed a limp in his left leg. I'm not sure exactly if it was from another...