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SallyinIndiana said:
Any idea what caused this? Is it genetic or can I still possibly breed the chick in the future? In other words is it worth all of the feed it would take to raise it? So far it is a nice dark color, but my camera made it look more yellow. Also I feed wet feed so that is the reason for the messy face.

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Are you questioning the comb? If so its WAY to early for that to be a factor. I had 6 RIR cockerals that had leaning or crooked combs at a young age(was concerning somewhat at the time) but now not a one has a floppy or misaligned comb 3 have almost perfect looking 5 pointers and 2 have big ol "wompy combs" although straight just Leghorny like in appearance and they also have too many points(for perfection) but not for everyday reg ol' Joes. At the age of your chick one would be looking for things like crooked toes,crooked beaks, ect. color(?) ehh not so much now unless it is completely off as things change "dramastically" in the next 12-16 weeks.

Jeff
 
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catdaddyfro said:
Quote: yes it was the comb. I'm glad to hear it is too early.
Fred's Hens said:
Sally, lots of our chicks will have small defects that would preclude my using them in the breeding pens. If it is a cockerel, I might feed it out for eating at a tender age. If it were a pullet, I'd sure keep it and put her in the laying barn.
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Ohh I'm sure that there are way more chicks that end up not meeting the breeding standard than those that do. I was just trying to keep the best for breeding. Since there is a chance that it will still have a great comb, I'll keep it. Most likely I would have ended up keeping it anyway for my children. They know how to count and would very quickly notice if one of my 11 good chicks was missing. They are learning more about life on a farm but right now the animals are too cute and fuzzy for them to be the same fried chicken legs they love so much.
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Fred's Hens said:
Yeah, Sally, I saw the crooked comb, but my post took that into account. Eat the cockerel, take the table eggs from the pullets. Neither of us will be choosing any breeders out of these anytime soon anyhow. LOL

I love my layer flock. I love everything about layers. Always have.
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I have production reds now that I'm planning to keep for a layer flock until I can replace them with the HRIR. Since these little chicks won't be giving me eggs until late winter or early spring, it looks like I will have the productions reds for at least one more season. My goal though is to convert over to the HRIR primarily with a few random pet chickens for the children.
 
looks like my production red as well. i am not positive but mine looks crossed with a new hampshire. i use my production rooster to breed sex links for laying hens.
 

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