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Oh, they murdered a fledgling bird yesterday that fell out of a nest and all I found of it was a wing. So, you can see why I’m hesitant to introduce Hubble back into the flock with his mom.

When should I put Mumble and Hubble back in with the flock? They are confirmed chick killers but Hubble is now 5 weeks old. I think Mumble is starting to wean him off so I’m not sure if she’d protect him if they decided to turn on him. This is a recent development because I’ve kept broodies in...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/who-are-my-parents.1529566/#post-25784285 I did end up making a thread for this

Anyways!! What do we think this little guy is mixed with? He might not have the melanistic gene because his legs seem too lightly colored for that. So, I don’t think he’s part silkie which would leave my faverolles to give him his extra toes. The feathering makes me think of my barnevelder hen…I...

Yeah…makes me wonder if someone released them. He didn’t seem too spooky like you’d think wild quail would be. There’s a second male hanging around too.

Off topic, but I saw a quail hanging around the yard.

Is there any reason as to why he walks like that and can it be fixed or is it too late? He was hatched on the 17th and I didn’t get him back until Monday.

Is it a double deletion gene they carry or something?

Not sure, I gave a bunch of eggs to a kindergarten class to hatch out and this was the only one to make it ( power went out a few times ) so they gave it back. As for what he’s mixed with, I have no idea for sure. I do have a blue cochin rooster that could be the dad and mom is a buff silkie...

One main, outer toe on both feet, so 2 all together. It looks like they just never developed

It’s not him missing toes that’s doing it? What would I do for his hips? He’ll jump around and get the zoomies, so I didn’t think much of about how he walked.

Oppy on flat ground to show just how weird he walks. Also, my ass finally got around to cleaning out the big brooder and they got a crib upgrade. I’ll eventually move them to the coop when Mumble and Hubble are ready to integrate back into the flock. I don’t trust the other chickens with...

That and like he’s peg legged lol. I think Boots knows something’s off with his feet because she kept looking at his toes ( or lack of them ) or I’m looking too far into it

He does walk a little weird

Boots got a new chick yesterday. I had given a local kindergarten eggs to hatch from my flock and only one managed to hatch before the power went out. The rest got shrink wrapped and died. Sad, but at least Boots took it like she had the alien chick we lost a week back. It was also a...

Lost the “put me back” alien chick. Starch still has her silkie x mille fleur chick, though. She’s being a good mom and protective

Hubble is all healed up and they were re-introduced to the flock today! I don’t think Mumble was too thrilled because my egyptian fayoumi, Momo, hates her.