If you have bought eggs on ebay and then had a power failure, or the eggs are a too large for the incubator,or you have had poor hatch rates or had deformities of the feet when the chicks finally do hatch....
This is yet another of my personal experiences in poultry raising/rescuing. Once upon a cold winter's day, I followed up on a "replacement homes needed for silkie roosters" ad. The owner of this flock had...