Recent content by Largarbar

We got 2 BSL 'pullets' from Tractor Supply about 5 weeks ago... when I got home I started researching (as one does) about the breed and what they would look like when older. And I came across a couple of pics that explained the BSL chicks and how to tell the males (by the white spot on head)...

We recently took in 5 "classroom" hatches from school. All 5 very different. Might be barnyard mutts, but I'm not sure. Any guesses? l'll post 2 of each. The first is smaller than the rest, the second was all brown then grew in white. The third is MASSIVE in comparison and looks like an owl...

She seems fine! I think she just overate and was trying to get comfortable. She's doing very well but I am keep an eye out just in case!

Yes, thank you. The shaking and bobbing sound accurate. I think I had landed on maybe sour crop or at least something to do with her crop and so this confirms I am thinking in the right direction. She does seem otherwise fine, eating and drinking and eliminating. I'll check in the morning to...

One of my chicks is doing this weird hula-hoop/figure 8 motion with her head. My first instinct is that she is adjusting her crop? She came home (from my son's classroom with some other chicks) today, and they all hit the feed like they had never seen food before. That's when I noticed the...

What did they turn out to be. I just picked up some BSL at tractor supply and they both have the little white spot....I am suspicious.