Are these Egyptians ?

[CrazyFowlFreak]

What are you feeding them?

 

[LeBlackbird]

That is slipped tendon...
Read the first pharagraph under the "disorders"

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/31056266/Organic-Poultry---Meat-Birds/

 

[OSUman]

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I had the same things happen in one of my meat birds.

 

[blk90s13]

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They eat chick starter like my egg layer chicks.

 

[blk90s13]

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where was this link before ? I have to check the feed bag in the morning

 

[inkypinky]

i have an unrelated question about one of the other chicks in the first post pic- the far left black and white- I have one EXACTLY the same- from TSC about 8 weeks ago- anybody know what she is?

 

[TurkeyMountainChickens]

The two black and white birds look like they could be Egyptian Fayoumis.

Were they speckled as chicks?

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGD/Fayu/BRKFayoumi.html

 

[joe17]

They look like silver laced wyandottes

 

[blk90s13]

This is what I feed my chicks in crushed and the older guys get the pellets

 

[jossanne]

The meaties will eat themselves to death. They need to be kept separate from the layers. The layers need the feed full-time, but meaties should have it no more than 12 hours per day. Otherwise they will lay in front of the feed and eat non-stop. Keep their water and their feed as far apart as possible so they have incentive to get up and walk. Hopefully the one with the bad leg will be okay. He's just got a couple more weeks to go. With my last batch of Cornish X, I gave them some time to free range most days, and not a single one of them went down on their legs. They were healthy til the end.

Good luck!