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[Suzierd]

I have a chick with a broke foot the toes are starting to look crocked from her holding it up. Should I try to set it? I hate to push a broke foot around. Love any advice.

 

[aveca]

do you have @picture? seperate with food wter into a cage or away fromm the others..

 

[Crooked-Creek]

I am originally from Decatur. I probably missed the pic of your rooster in all the posts. If you would post him again I would love to see one of Fred's birds. I am trying to get my sister in Alvord set up with a few of my hens but she isn't as crazy about them as I am.
Don are you heading this way soon? I need to separate the keeper boys from the non keepers. Their hormones are starting to kick in. If they ever grow their feathers back after this last molt I would have a better idea of what they would look like. You could probably look at them right away and tell me who to keep and who to cull.

Wow, Small world!!! We only live about 8 miles from Alvord.

Here is the pic that I posted earlier of the Rooster we purchased from Fred. He is now about 1 1/2 years old. We hatched out quite a few chicks out of this Rooster this past spring. They are around four and five months old now and we are very pleased with how they are turning out.

 

[Kiniska]

My chickies about 20 weeks old now.

The boys.

A few of the girls.

 

[Kiniska]

Sooo... all of those things you mentioned about your chicks are going to change. You can't choose which birds your going to use as breeders or who to cull as a day old chick. Most chicks start out with yellow beaks/toes, they'll naturally change to the correct color as they mature- or they should. If they don't, then cull. As for beak color, etc. that will all change with time too. So don't go rehoming anyone right now. As far as white wing feathers coming in, you're probably noticing the natural down color of the birds, they're white and black, yes? Those white feathers will (or should) also disappear with age. Don't stress over them right now. When you hear folks talking about "shape" and "type" they aren't talking about the shape of a chick... they're talking about a mature bird. If you're breeding English Orpingtons and you want them to look like English birds, not necessarily like their American counterparts just do a quick search of the forum for the Imported English Orpington thread, you'll see lots of pictures of birds there. Here's one of my Blue hens, the bird in my avatar picture. She has excellent type and color. Enjoy your chicks, give them time to grow, most people don't start culling their birds until they're at least 8 months to a year old, unless there are obvious defects or faults visible.

Love this girl everytime I see her picture. So beautiful. This look is what I hope to one day achieve. Thank you for the inspiration.

 

[Suzierd]

do you have @picture? seperate with food wter into a cage or away fromm the others..

She's just a little chick and three to four days older then the other chicks she's with, don't want to take her from them, they're not picking on her. I will try to get a lose up tomorrow when my daughters here.

 

[littlechicklet]

My chickies about 20 weeks old now.

The boys.

A few of the girls.

very nice! I think the bbs are still my favorite colors.

 

[Johnn]

Is Daisy and her chick trying to do a remake of Bella's mother and hers?

Daisy

 

[thedragonlady]

Is Daisy and her chick trying to do a remake of Bella's mother and hers?

Daisy

Those chicks are no dummies ! It's much warmer and dryer on Mom's back, and they can see better too. Great photos, Johnn !

 

[Johnn]

Those chicks are no dummies ! It's much warmer and dryer on Mom's back, and they can see better too. Great photos, Johnn !

Daisy crapped herself when it first jamp on haha! and thanks . I'm going to see if the ones I have got of Bella are good enough to post (I'm not sure if they are blured)