Luvachicken Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Today, when I got the chicks in I gave them a good check over but found that Nancy and Peggy have a different bone shape to the others. I've not noticed the shape before today. I've never felt any of my chickens feel this way. If you imagine a chicken as a rough human shape, where there is an Adam's Apple on a human, there is a bony (boney neither spelling looks right tbh) bit on the chicks - a bit like they have a bony Adam's apple - and then their breast bone. Will they be ok as they grow into adults ? Will they grow into the right shape ? Did I get it wrong in letting them have the shelf in their guinea pig cage in the very beginning ? What do you think could have happened ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Could it just be their clavicle that is more pronounced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Hmmm, a good picture, thank you @Cat tails I'm a bit confused now though because what we felt was between the atlas joint and the crop on your picture. It definitely wasn't their crops. I will have another feel tomorrow and see if I can do a better description. Or maybe it might disappear over night. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beantree Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 If you let them perch on a hard surface too early, the breastbone, which is still soft, can become distorted. Perhaps a flattened breastbone has made the wishbone more promenant? We don't give ours a perch to sleep on until they are several weeks old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 28, 2021 Author Share Posted March 28, 2021 I couldn't feel it so much on Peggy this morning but then she was a lot more upright than when she sat on me yesterday. Nancy was difficult too, she just curled up and went to sleep no matter how much we tried to get her to stand up tall and straight. Whatever I can feel is definitely in their neck area. They haven't had a perch since I've had them, just a little shelf that they sat on, but I took that out because they kept eating the newspaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullethunter Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 Luvachicken I think I know the thing you mean. Occasionally I’ve felt what feels like a hard bony lump half way down their ‘throat’. I think it must just be the way their neck bones are aligned when they have their heads in certain positions though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted March 29, 2021 Author Share Posted March 29, 2021 22 hours ago, mullethunter said: Luvachicken I think I know the thing you mean. Occasionally I’ve felt what feels like a hard bony lump half way down their ‘throat’. I think it must just be the way their neck bones are aligned when they have their heads in certain positions though. You are right @mullethunter . I felt them both today and they are fine. Nancy sat very upright on my lap and I managed to stroke her all the way down her neck and I couldn't feel the lumpy part. I think I panicked because I've never felt anything like that before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
