Posts by smarsh2

i can hardly believe a skunk would kill a rooster. was he roosting on the ground? i have never known a skunk to kill an adult bird. first off it would have trouble catching one. and they don't climb, they will dig under fences but will...

difinitely sex linking going on. i suspect the eggs will be greenish. They probably won't get much bigger than the mom coming from small eggs, they had to start the size of hamburgs, i don't know but suspect the cross with the hen...

that's a serious beard on that EE

i have to say i can't believe no one caught this. according to the first post this chicken is one week old

These are clearly not pure barred rock. one roo is dark colored like a pullet. of the barred ones i only see 1 pullet, 3 roos

  Quote: Originally Posted by juliechick  The combs make me think Wyandotte is in the mix. Body shape looks like it too. i agree, even though they look alike, the first doesn't show any barring, the...

absolutely a rooster, no doubt

the five week old is most likely a production red. it is a pullet i blieve, but is not a RIR, simply not dark enough and has those white feather tips i see in many production breeds. the young are not RIR either, but hard to tell at...

pullet

3/4" would be better. Like has been said there are a lot of factors involved. and 1/2" is not standardly used on roofs, often used on walls.