I almost agree with you.
1. Female
2. Unsure, probably male (it seems to be undergoing a dramatic color change and this is most common in males)
3. Unsure, probably male (it seems to be undergoing a dramatic color change and this is most common in males)
4. Female
5. Male
6. Male
7. Female
No rats? :O Wish I could say that.. Lost 2 cots and a cockatiel to rats within the last few months - they chewed their way into the aviary through the wooden door. I'm feeding my chickens half the usual amount to make sure there are no left overs for the rats and this has caused them to steal...
My sister and I raised a wild duckling when we were kids.. She was just a couple of days old when we got her and we just kept her in a cardboard box. Made a cosy little nest for her, but we had no additional heat and she survived. So I wouldn't worry about yours being too cold in the brooder...
@BReeder! I think the issue is either too many males in one enclosure - when they chase each other they stress the hens = no eggs - or the fact that you have been changing around things too much. Killing 20 birds = don't expect the rest to lay for the next 2 weeks. Moving the cage outside =...
I'd go for the crop bra suggestion. I had a (chicken) rooster looking similar to that chick - not quite as extreme, but pretty bad. I tried starving him, massaging the crop, making him vomit, syringe feed him with water/ACV for a week or two - nothing worked. Then I made a crop bra for him -...