Sigh...I did it again...
Wasn't gonna add to my flock at all this year, but, found some day old Buff Orpingtons and couldn't resist. Chicken math strikes again...got two only, figuring they could keep one another company...realized that I have three each of my other breeds and got one more Buff Orp for free because she wasn't thriving and the staff was just gonna let her die. The little potential hospice chick rallied and all was well.
Of course, that's when I began to suspect that one of the others is a cockeral. Today, being certain of the disappointing sexing, I went to buy some feed and figured I'd "glance at the chick bins, just to see" if I could replace the rooster.
No more Buff Orps, I should've been safe, right?
Nope, the most impossibly tiny bantam had pasty butt and, when I pointed it out to a worker to ask if they would take steps to save it, she just shrugged and said, "chick days are over after today; you can have it free if you want to try to get it to live"...so, I brought it home and bought two more bantams to keep the pasty baby company in the brooder (two more so they would have one another if the pasty baby doesn't make it).
I am such a tender hearted sucker!