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Not content with the stupid chickens I've had in the past, I've set about a breeding program intent on producing chickens vastly more intelligent than the average chicken. And at long last my efforts have paid off. I present to you Bump the super chicken!
Actually... Bump is a silkie hybrid and silkies (and a couple other chicken breeds) are known for having open skulls that expose their brains. Occasionally you get what is called a vautled skull which literally means their brain is sticking out of their skull. Its not harmful that I know of by itself but you have to keep vaulted skull chickens away from aggressive chickens as getting pecked in the head causes brain damage (they have nothing but skin covering their brain). I think Bump is less than a week old and has 3 other siblings, all of whom are different colors (non vaulted like him/her). We end up babying the special ones and they tent to be the oddest ones.
I'll have to make some calls and see if they make chicken sized tard helmets.
Actually... Bump is a silkie hybrid and silkies (and a couple other chicken breeds) are known for having open skulls that expose their brains. Occasionally you get what is called a vautled skull which literally means their brain is sticking out of their skull. Its not harmful that I know of by itself but you have to keep vaulted skull chickens away from aggressive chickens as getting pecked in the head causes brain damage (they have nothing but skin covering their brain). I think Bump is less than a week old and has 3 other siblings, all of whom are different colors (non vaulted like him/her). We end up babying the special ones and they tent to be the oddest ones.
I'll have to make some calls and see if they make chicken sized tard helmets.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Avian (Other)
Size 582 x 620px
File Size 324 kB
Not the first vaulted skull chick we've had. Its not common but it happens. Problem is we also have dutch bantams which are an aggressive breed and while we have to break up the occasional rooster fight, we have to break up hen fights more often (we obviously have more hens than roosters so...). Another problem is we pick up the eggs all spring and summer and occasionally a hen will hide some where so we have surprise chicks. But later in the summer and fall we stop picking up eggs as their production slows or stops. Unfortunately that ends up causing us to have chicks hatching in the falls or almost towards winter so we have to put heat lamps on the cages for them in addition to the ones we normally have over the rest of the chickens. Our winters are usually 20F in the day and -20F at night. They are in a closed barn so no wind but still rather cold for a new born or a chick.
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