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Creeper gene is lethal, like you mentioned, so I doubt many people would want to breed them and overall deal with the leg issues that may arise in the future. Crested is a lethal gene as well, but people do not realize that because they believe crested breeds are very cute.

What you are describing is called creeper gene, which makes the chicken's legs only carried centimeters from the ground. And the chicken breed with creeper gene that was used in wars is called Scots Dumpy. I find Scots Dumpies to be interesting, but would not get one because some individuals are...

The Jasper Adventures: Part One I decided to check and see if there were any more eggs to collect, and I discovered Farren, the Delaware, committing a crime: she was being broody. Knowing that she would attract predators if I left her in the coop to brood at night, I made all of the effort of...

Oh no! I really hope he will get better. I have a pack of coyotes living nearby my house, and fortunately none have gone after the chickens. I hear they can wipe out a lot of chickens at once. I hope that your flock stays safe! That egg looks like it would have hurt, but I like its color...

I hope the piglet will be safe and healthy at the sanctuary!

It sounds like those roosters need to learn a thing or two about how to be a real rooster!

The thing is, Jasper was among one of the friendliest and eager to learn new things when he was young! I guess cockerel hormones have taken a toll on him, which is technically not his fault. And the cockerel you are perfectly describing would be Slate. He is my Blue Cochin Bantam, and I hatched...

I'm curious since I hopped on this thread later than most, why would you possibly need to sell them?

I got back from feeding the chickens and hanging out with my four bantams in their pen. If you don't know, I have four bantams that are almost of laying age and they live in a pen that is in the chicken yard, though separated. There is Jasper (Black Breasted Red Old English Game Bantam), Ruby...

Roosters will do anything for their hens, I love them!

All of my male chickens always cluck when a cat or a dog pass by. A few times one of my cats has gone by through the bushes at the edge of the chicken yard, and the hens believe it is a predator, so they go to the cat and start doing the repeated clucking that says "Come here, I found a predator...

I don't like ants, I try to stay clear of the ant piles in my yard!

I have always heard that the hen ruffling her feathers and shaking afterwards is because she is trying to fix the feathers that got out of place from the rooster breeding her.

Mumble looked like a penguin as a chick as well, and that's where she got her name from! Mumble from Happy Feet. That was three years ago, and we were inexperienced chicken-keepers after not having chickens for so long, so we assumed that Mumble would stay looking like a penguin. Wrong, she's...

I am sorry for your loss.

Broodies are annoyingly determined! When one of my hens goes broody, she chases the other hens away from the nesting boxes, which creates a problem of laying eggs in places we can't find them. I don't prefer broody breeds for that reason.

Mumble's eggs especially weren't going to hatch, since we were collecting them every day! And our rooster, Phoenix, has only fertilized a few eggs. He seems to not know how to breed properly, even though that's what we originally got him for.

That is an interesting color mix, I have thought of splash to be always be blue, white, and gray! Red Pyle is one of my favorite color varieties.

Kirin is beautiful! Is he a Red Pyle Old English Game Bantam?

Those are a lot of eggs! I have had a lot of my hens go broody, but usually they break after one or two days. My exception would be Mumble, who I assume has Black Orpington genes in her (hence the broodiness). She has gone broody for several weeks, but she recently broke, and I am guessing she...