Recent content by Alv401

It had a rough hatch and didn’t have a lot of fluff on her initially

What a bummer. This was then the week we brought them home. Of our 8 straight run chicks looks like we only ended up with 3 girls

Tails of 1 and 2

Initially always felt number 1 was a rooster but number 2 is who is throwing me off. She feathered so girl in the beginning and does have the longer tail. 3 just looks so different

Hello all! I have 3 lavender opringtons chicks and I just cannot tell boy/girl. Despite red combs and wattles the rest of how tails and feathers came in had me thinking girl. The third Orpington is noticeable less red however. They were all hatched within the same week, but are not from the same...

Hello! I received an order of straight run chicks with 2 of them being blue laced red Wyandottes. We were hoping to get three for better odds of getting a girl but she had a small hatch. They look pretty boy to me but I guess I am fishing to see if maybe I am wrong and I get lucky to have a...

Thanks for the great idea!

We have the brand Run Chicken and have used it for the past month. Love it so far but the only thing giving me some pause is the button the manually open the door is outside the coop. I do worry a predator could accidentally knock the button and get inside. Anybody found a guard for that yet?