Recent content by EggSighted4Life

Hi, welcome to BYC! :frow It may still be one of their juvenile molts on their way to maturity. Are you just seeing feathers everywhere or actual bald spots on the birds?

Maybe she has a bit of a pendulous crop? https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/how-to-treat-sour-crop-and-impacted-crop-and-how-to-know-which-one-youre-dealing-with.73607/ If she's not drinking in excess.. or gone off feed with limited appetite.. I'd probably return her to normal activity...

Checking one of my favorite hatching resources.. it's known as syndactyly.. I see it listed under *possible* hatching egg deficiencies (or excesses) in folic acid or biotin on page 56 of the following link.. https://www.hubbardbreeders.com/media/incubation_guideen__053407700_1525_26062017.pdf

If breed is accurate then they are red sex linked.. with no barring.. Roosters hatch white.. that's just how the juvenile plumage is coming out. https://www.freedomrangerhatchery.com/blog/breed-spotlight-novogen-brown/#:~:text=The%20first%20thing%20to%20know,create%20this%20ultimate%20egg%2Dlayer.

Not a Welsumer.. they should have yellow legs and no white on the lobes plus the feather pattern is all wrong.. guessing a hybrid or Egger of sorts. Maybe a Welsumer cross but not pure or not of breed standard quality, according to my current understanding and experience. Still pretty. 🥰

I've seen correlation between waddle size and testicle size during harvest.. The testes matched the waddles.. the particular rooster had one big and one small. Maybe if a (mean) rooster study is done this could be part of the reporting. :pop

Bare ground is breeding ground for bad bacteria and nothing to invite good microbes to the party.. don't do that. Shavings quickly decompose and turn into dirt themselves. Sand is also popular ON PAPER but quickly becomes a chicken litter box that stinks to high heaven EVEN when poops are...

Small hasp type latches with caribeeners siilar to those seen in the following link have been effective for me. https://www.homedepot.com/b/Hardware-Door-Hardware-Door-Accessories-Hasps/N-5yc1vZc7lj I have also used double "I" hooks with a caribeaner. ran through the middle to lock them...

The first one looks "slab sided". See following link for cool video and information.. https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/

Hi, welcome to BYC! :frow Congrats on your babies! You'll wanna post a picture of what you're describing so we can see if it's normal or picking.. also a picture of your brooder set up along with a description of howw many chicks, heat source, lighting conditions, etc.

Sounds like he was being baited.. like come over here so I can get you.. and you should expect a fight.. Gifting something in the chicken world means.. I am dominant.. and the taker is the less dominant one. They'd not be "working it out" at this age for my flock.. though it may be possible...

They'll practice perching in the daytime first and then graduate to roosting at night.. give it time. All flocks will vary some.

Great reply given in post 7. :thumbsup

Looks like a serious deformity more than a splayed leg.. I consider culling. Sorry.

No you are bound to break her broodiness.. let them out with her and let her introduce them to the flock before she's done with them while she may still offer some protection. She will cut them loose on her own.. when she determines they no longer need to warm up under her and such.