I need some help! *pictures added*

[luvzmybabz]

-O is it just me or it the chicken in the first pic directly between the blue nest and the first black nest dead I have never seen a chicken sit that way with it's legs directly behind it. The chcicken I am talking about almost looks like one of the gag chickens with brown feather it blends into the wood but you can see the legs

 

[TubbyChicken]

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It's actually walking towards the paneling back there! I had to go back the larger pictures in the email to see it but the camera just caught it mid stride!

 

[herechickchick]

If you have chickens and decide to get these, Quarantine them for at lest 4 weeks but 6 would be better. That way if they do have something your current flock will be less likely to be infected.

 

[TubbyChicken]

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We actually don't have any yet. If we decide to get chickens from more than one breeder would it be best to keep them seperated for a specific amount of time?

Would you assume that the SF hens are laying fertilized eggs? and how long would you wait to eat any eggs that they lay?

 

[leghorn dude]

i get great fertility on my eggs and eat more of them than i hatch

 

[reallemons1]

The ones that are most beat up look like sex links. Maybe they look that way because they are heavy layers, Ive had a few look like that while laying heavy. They will look better after a molt and away from the rooster. If you get them seperate from your flock a while, and after molt they will look fine.

 

[TubbyChicken]

Thank you for the reassurance! I'm glad I asked here.

 

[rooster-red]

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We actually don't have any yet. If we decide to get chickens from more than one breeder would it be best to keep them seperated for a specific amount of time?

Would you assume that the SF hens are laying fertilized eggs? and how long would you wait to eat any eggs that they lay?

You can eat any eggs they lay, there is no difference in the taste, perfectly fine to eat fertilized eggs.

 

[LilBizzy]

We used to have a HUGE roo ,and an aggressive duck that used to mate our hens, and often. The hens backs did look alot like the ones in that picture.
I think my only concern would be the little one next to the Big roo. The one with the totally pink butt and tail feathers looking ragged. It kinda looks like a roo to me- not that I have that much experience, but if it is a roo, would it be normal for it to look like that? Hopefully someone more experienced can tell if it is a roo, and if pecking order could produce that pink tail area.
One of my first thoughts was that the pen looked pretty clean. I know it might not mean much, but it's gotta count for something.