How is your flock today?

[3xhhheather]

Yes I was a little sad also but he was a rescue and needed a good home because the people could not keep him for when he started to crow. They had bought all pullets and he was the surprise. LOL

The people who we got Kung Pao from had him in a coop with others and pick him up and handed him over to me, so I didn't get much time to check him over before going into our pet carrier. It's all good though, he has a good forever home.

Kinda had the same thing happen to me, went to pick up a duck recently where the photos were angled just right to hide that she had really bad angel wing. Not a deal breaker, she's a cutie, but I hear ya.

 

[TropicalBabies]

Sounds a little more egg bound to me. You sure it was her first egg yesterday? Any other slightly off signs? Is she walking like a penguin?
Feel underneath her. Is she hard and swollen? Soft and squishy?

@Idaho Chicken Bungalow

 

[416bigbore]

Kung Pao is adorable ♡ If he is an outstanding boy, it will be nice to have him help set the pace and standard for your future flock dynamics.

I have never had an aggressive roo (touch wood). After hearing stories and seeing scars from bad roos I am 100% positive that coming at me with hackles and spurs would be the very last move a bad roo would make in this world.
I do have almost every young one try to mate my foot or hand but that is just part of the growing up process.

Chewy was a rescue also and was younger then the rest of our mixed flock, so he received a lot more handling and loving over the other birds outside at the time. Absolutely baffling to me why he changed overnight when his hormones kicked in. I am guessing it was because of his genetic breed type behavior that was breed into him ?

I had hoped Chewy would have mellowed out with time, but he didn't unfortunately. Kung Pao is awesome so far and night and day different they Chewy with his aggressive attitude. I can walk beside Kung Pao in the coop and he could care less I am even there. He is pretty and it would be very interesting to see what his baby chicks would look like? All except for those crooked toes. He does fine and is healthy and all, just not a very fast runner is the only thing I have noticed.

When I start our new flock of Black Australops this next spring, they will be separate from our existing mixed flock. Once I start raising the Black Australops, that will be the only breed I will keep without adding new poultry to the equation. I am looking for a duel purpose hardy chicken over the Isa Browns and mixed flock of chickens we have now.

 

[416bigbore]

Kinda had the same thing happen to me, went to pick up a duck recently where the photos were angled just right to hide that she had really bad angel wing. Not a deal breaker, she's a cutie, but I hear ya.

Oh no that is so unfortunate, how bad is it, do you have any pics? We had two of our young Rouen/Pekin drake ducklings who had the start of AW and that was a very interesting time trying to get that all resolved, but today you would not even know they had it.

 

[416bigbore]

Sounds a little more egg bound to me. You sure it was her first egg yesterday? Any other slightly off signs? Is she walking like a penguin?
Feel underneath her. Is she hard and swollen? Soft and squishy?

@Idaho Chicken Bungalow

I am no expert but would have to question a first egg at 12 weeks of age? Egg Bound, I keep Calcium Gluconate on hand for just that purpose, 1ml oral dose per 5lbs of bird and all back to normal by the next morning.

 

[TropicalBabies]

Chewy was a rescue also and was younger then the rest of our mixed flock, so he received a lot more handling and loving over the other birds outside at the time. Absolutely baffling to me why he changed overnight when his hormones kicked in. I am guessing it was because of his genetic breed type behavior that was breed into him ?

I had hoped Chewy would have mellowed out with time, but he didn't unfortunately. Kung Pao is awesome so far and night and day different they Chewy with his aggressive attitude. I can walk beside Kung Pao in the coop and he could care less I am even there. He is pretty and it would be very interesting to see what his baby chicks would look like? All except for those crooked toes. He does fine and is healthy and all, just not a very fast runner is the only thing I have noticed.

When I start our new flock of Black Australops this next spring, they will be separate from our existing mixed flock. Once I start raising the Black Australops, that will be the only breed I will keep without adding new poultry to the equation. I am looking for a duel purpose hardy chicken over the Isa Browns and mixed flock of chickens we have now.

I wonder I crooked toes could have been an early injury? Maybe that is something that won't be transferable? ♡♡♡

 

[416bigbore]

I wonder I crooked toes could have been an early injury? Maybe that is something that won't be transferable? ♡♡♡

I had questioned that also, so I contacted the people we got him from and they really couldn't give a definite answer either way?

 

[TropicalBabies]

Well, since we are on the subject of roos kindof.... have we moved off yet? Lol.
A bit of a mommy gush about Bolt. Gotta be the most handsome roo I have ever seen personally and such a sweet boy. I moved away from breeding the dark brahma's as they are not as popular as the buffs and lights and keeping 3 full grown roos is tight for me.
A wonderful friend and chicken keeper was interested in him as her last roo was a butt. She was totally in love with him and he looks fabulous in her fantastic home. But he started crowing... and crowing... and crowing. So he is back here/home and still won't stop crowing lol. Think I am going to release his girls to him though they are finishing a molt :/

I'm giving him some time out of his coop. Normally he and his bro are cooped for peace.

 

[TropicalBabies]

I had questioned that also, so I contacted the people we got him from and they really couldn't give a definite answer either way?

Worth a shot hatching a few eggs in that awesome new bator

 

[416bigbore]

Worth a shot hatching a few eggs in that awesome new bator

That has crossed my mind a time or two just to see if it's a genetic glitch or not? I haven't my new 360 yet, I was holding out until Black Friday to see if they drop a little in price or not? If not oh well, I will just order the thing anyway. LOL