Maybe try giving them some boiled eggs and/or some meal worms for protein to help bulk up. Try to target that chick the most for feeding the protein treats to.
There is also a chance that she is just growing different as well. Some chickens lag behind, either for genetics or illness. Since you...
The father of all of my chicks is a Buckeye. You were talking about marans, plural, carrying two copies for the feathered foot gene. I don't know if you are thinking that both parents are marans or if you are saying that A maran can carry two copies of the gene.
I use a Nurture Right 360 incubator and I do 100.5 fahrenheit for my dry hatches!
I would prefer to avoud fluctuations, but as long as it is not a severe fluctuation and it doesn't stay too low or too high too long then I wouldn't be as worried, but I would be worried if it happened alot.
When...
I do not know which shade the egg was, she hatched while I was not watching as well as multiple other chicks with her.
Her comb resembles my buckeye hen's comb (her mother is most definitely not a buckeye though, she just got that comb instead of a mix or the comb of her mother.)
I have 4 roosters that are 9 weeks old. They are $7 each. PM if interested.
I am located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but buyers do not have to be in the DFW area. We can find a location in between our locations to meet.
I have:
2 Black Copper Maran/Buckeye Mixes, attached below.
A...
The chickens enjoyed some plants today, it seems to be the best bonding exercise for the new chicks with our older chickens.
Here are our little cockerels, the sons of our big chickens!
Here is Kiss, my favorite pullet of their children!
And here are some Buff Orpington pictures I...
Hello, I have a 9 week old pullet that I can't identify the mother of.
A while back I was told that all of my black chicks had Black Copper Marans as mothers but she has markings that makes me think her mother may be a Silver Laced Wyandotte.
I know the breed of the rooster, he is a Buckeye...
Exactly. And they will have perches high enough off the ground to prevent their tail feathers from resting on the ground and getting disgusting. They will have a wooden floor in their sleeping space to keep their living area as clean as possible. The only time I would even think about free...