Posts by Themehmeh

Most egg production chickens never see the light of day, let alone a rooster. No, no matter how natural it's a waste of money to fertilize food eggs. You can however buy fertile eggs from hatcheries.

Fairly confident that is a Hen :) Mine looked just like that at 7 wks. She had some pretty big curvy feathers on her rear end but they fold inwards in this pic so they're hard to see.  

is lily a girl or a boy? I'm confused.... But anyways, most animals male or female use sex-like behavior to assess dominance.  

ok good, just making sure. that Red red red around the face suprised me, my buff and EEs are just now getting the slightest bit of pink on them and they're 9 weeks. I've already had one disappointment so now I'm paranoid.  

Barred looks like my female cuckoo marans of the same age but I am no breed guessin' pro

Never in my life have i had a small animal (parakeets, hedgehog, hamster,chickens) that took a dust bath in the designated area i set out for them like the internet/books said they would. I would however remove the soil and go for only...

Quote: Originally Posted by scratch'n'peck  Pretty Chickens.  The Buff Orp will go after green toe nail polish, but not the green bug?!!!   I just don't get it! Also I just put some green beans...

Chickens on the ride home in the car, Haven't been home yet. This is my favorite Ameraucana I named it peepy, My sister in law calls it chipmunk.     A few days old. This is the Silver Laced Wyandotte, We had to...

I have a feeling this is a boy, but I also think I always expect the worst and need to just stop trying to analyze everything.   Ameraucana 7ish weeks old       he/she's a lot slimmer than the other...