Yours is what I would expect. Well that is a relief that I wasn't accidently given straight run. Did you find such a color variation and a difference in feathering rates? The curious thing is the darker feathered ones are also the slowest to feather.
I have some Isa Browns from Townline Hatchery. I thought they were all pullets and I thought they were sex links in which the females were brown and the males white but now I am having doubts. I have a couple that are feathering in slower and their feathers are a deep red and white. Their...
It sounds like it has a rose comb. Wyandottes are slow to feather in. It could be a Columbian Wyandotte. Watch to see if it gets some black around the neck and tail feathers. If it has a pea comb which is similar it could be a Cornish.
In my experience it is the cockerels who chest bump each other but... you never know. You can post pictures and see if we could give you some opinions. You can tell on some 3 week olds.
Sometimes you get a chick like that. I have had a couple that would chirp continually. One chirped for a while and then just fell over dead. The other lived for weeks and I tried to do a lot of different things for it but in the end it died, too. You are making an effort to help the chick...
I have a 1 year old White Laced Red Cornish Bantam The past few days she has been lethargic and I haven't seen her lay eggs for a while. She is also very fat. Are bantam Cornish susceptible to the heart problems and others things like meat birds?
I would strongly advise against it. They can cause damage to lungs and birds are sensitive. Really they are not good for you either. Artificial scents are made from coal tar which is a by-product of petroleum production. It would only cover the smell from the brooder not stop it. In fact...
Are they going through a molt? Do you see a lot of feathers around?
It could be from the stress of moving or other new animals.
Have you checked their health? Parasites like mites or lice. Do their combs look healthy?
It could be a variety of reasons but moving is the most likely. It may have...