Recent content by sands1980

Chooks for Life, Thank you so much for your response. Sadly when I was able to return to the nest, the orpington had pecked one baby to death. I was able to rescue the other and return it to mama Rock. She accepted it right away and I moved the new family to our chicken nursery. The orpington...

I've had multiple hens hatch chicks without any strange situations. But now I'm a little baffled! I had an orpington go broody like normal but 2 weeks into her cycle my white rock also went broody and took over the orpingtons nest. The orpington just took on the nest right next to her...

Thank you guys! I'm thinking she's a leg horn as well.

Ok not an orpington lol they were both sold as hens. I will research the nh reds. The other has a very thin and short comb she's also very skittish unlike any of my other chickens. Her head and neck feathers are golden and fade into grey on her body which fades to black into her tail feathers...

I thought she was an orpington! She's very calm unlike any of my reds. And the leggy one has no muffs and has a longer less curved body than any of my ee's . After looking up the brown leg horn, I'm thinking that's what she is. Thank y'all for your help!

[/IMG] I purchased some orphan chicks from the feed store when my orp lost hers. She adopted them right away. Now I'm just at a loss trying to figure out what these 2 are! The gold lady looks like an orpington but she's developing black tips on her tail feathers,she's very sweet and personable...