NC_Quail
Would rather be gardening
You sounded so serious, I believed it too!Not sure if this is the right thread, but I want to warn fellow chicken lovers of something that's been affecting my flock recently, and it might happen to you too.
We had some hatchlings that did very well a couple of weeks ago. They were alive, energetic, hopping around and playing. The only thing was, they didn't get big, almost like bantams, while they should be regular-sized fowl.
So we took a trip to the vet, and they tested positive for the dw gene, which means they are genetically predisposed to sex-linked recessive dwarfism.
Watch out for your flock, the vet said it's a growing problem.