Posts by klf73

I need help with gender on this one, I have been back and forth but now am at the "it's a cockeral" side....what do you think? 2 months old, comb and wattles have been this size for a while and one of my blue chicks from my own that is...

I have two roosters and one lost his points this past winter and the other didn't

Quote:Originally Posted by MustardTiger Hi again, Ugh I am beginning to suspect my chicken has Mareks which really makes me upset since it lives in the soil and will now be part of my land for years... Any of you who got your...

thanks for the info, I am going to band these guys so I can keep track of them.

so I realize that I have no idea how to sex these....I know the "obvious" ones but ones like this one perplex me....and not having grown any out yet I am starting to wonder if maybe I was wrong?   the down is dark but it does...

Quote:Originally Posted by HallFamilyFarm Dun vs. Chocolate Only the breeder will know which is which in a showroom!I agree....when my choc(dun)oegb walks past my choc orps pen, she is close to the same color...

Quote:Originally Posted by Judges4 Okay, tell me if I'm crazy..... I've tracked down a farm in England doing the LF Chocolate English Orpington project. They are currently selling hatching eggs from the F5 generation birds. I want...

Quote: Originally Posted by Knock Kneed Hen  Klf73, That cockerel from Nava is a nice looking bird. I'm very please with the birds I got from her...need to post pics. Figures that the two bantam NN's I kept are both...

and the light colors on this one made me think this was a pullet, but the tail is just starting to come in I think this one is 6 weeks old, it is cold because I brought it outside and it still has heat in the...

I want to say this is a roo but the comb and wattles haven't gotten bigger yet....they are really close to the same body size but the orp kept trying to duck down to get out. they are both around 10 weeks old and the blrnn has huge...