Recent content by Bikergrl

Nope, one is an Australorp and the other is a Wyandotte / Cochin cross.

Oddly enough they turned back to the normal colour with no obvious ill effect. I'm guessing there may have been some heart or liver stress... maybe they had a little kerfuffle or something.

I have a flock of 22 hens and 3 roosters. This morning when I went to feed them two of the roosters were exhibiting very black combs. One of the roosters in an australorp and the other is a wyandotte-cochin cross. As far as I can tell they were both fine yesterday. The wyandotte-cochin also...

I have six Australorp chicks from a blue roo and a black hen. 3 are blue and 3 are black. Does colour indicate sex with this mix?

Is it normal for roosters to dance when they try and mount their hens? I have one that does a little dance every time and I'm getting quite a kick out of it!

Sourland, you're so right! She laid an egg today for the first time since she went broody. Thankfully it was in the coop, though - we're keeping the car windows CLOSED from now on. My husband almost had a heart attack yesterday when he got in the car and turned around to see two beady eyes...

My hen hatched 6 eggs about a month ago. She's been a great mother, very protective, but over the past 2 days she's started what seems to be a process of making the chicks fend for themselves. It began with her moving farther and farther from them, ignoring them when they squawked for her...

Here are some better pics - 2 more brown eggs today.

Matt, I think you're right, they look very much like White Rocks. Thanks!

i made sure to dust their new coop well before I put them in so hopefully that will at least take care of any external parasites (although thankfully I haven't seen any and I suspect they'd be easy to spot with the number of missing feathers!) I don't think they're Orps - they all have...

Thanks for those suggestions, I definitely appreciate the help. They seem to be adjusting very well - they are very tame with me despite everything they've been through and they've more or less stopped picking on each other, as well. I am led to believe they're about 1 year old, although I don't...

I rescued 5 hens from a very bad situation a couple of days ago. There were at least 40 of them crammed into a coop big enough for 5 or 6 max. Needless to say they were all pecked and beaten. The ones I took have almost no feathers left. When we got them home they were thirsty and starving -...

Since about day 3 my Australorp has been taking her babies exploring. I was very wary at first of letting them out of the coop but she is über-protective and after a week of free ranging they've grown incredibly fast, and they are super healthy and happy.

Finally, 6 eggs set, 6 eggs hatched! That was pretty exciting!

I see everyone referring to humidity in relation to hatching and incubators. I'm doing my first natural hatch with a broody (today is hatch day).So I'm wondering - how is humidity controlled during a natural hatch? I'm not too concerned - we live in a naturally humid environment, but I'm...