Recent content by Spitzboyz

If they are production Reds then you have females because the males come out a different color.

Honestly, they look like a mix of Production Red or Sex-links. They don't look very EE at all. They are missing the leg color, some muffs and beards and just don't have any EE or Americauna coloring in their feathers. Where did you get these? Since they are in excess of 15 weeks, then you most...

Land O Lakes? Say it ain't so! lol

Congrats! I have a Big Red also, she is a he though! Our RIR rooster is lovely and is definitely a big red!

I am sorry to hear your dilemma. We need ALOT of information in order to correctly answer your question as to why they are not laying. It may help if you let us know: What breeds? Coop size in relation to how many you have. Free range or all cooped up? Location, size and how high up are your...

Congrats on your flock and I wish you a fun and lucky experience! Welcome to BYC!

No I don't believe it will maker her "weaker" towards weather changes in the future, just in the present.

My question is; Will homing chicks inside make them weaker to weather changes in the future and am I nuts for thinking that it is plausible to have them inside as they grow over the next few months? Yes, in short, keeping a warming light on or keeping them inside will cause them not to gain...

My very first layer was a black sex link, sadly she disappeared a few weeks ago, and she started laying at 21 weeks. I have heard some start as soon as 18 weeks. She laid a nice medium brown egg and eventually they get to be large size and a nice brown.

Black Star or Black Sex Link. Some come out really pretty and some come out kinda speckled. Good layers and mine have been really nice birds, gentle.

Can't tell on the second but the first is definitely fertile! Good luck!

I would say it takes them atleast close or after the 1 year mark, they are hens then, to lay consistently. You have a heritage breed and may see sooner results with your RIR's, especially if they are production reds. They will come into laying bigger eggs. Mine took about the 1 year mark to hit...

I never said barred rock definitively, it was a guess. Yes, it would be nice to see what experienced breeders would say. Ones which breed that breed! I do not!

Maybe a hatchery Dominique? They are pretty for whatever they are!

I'd also lead towards top as a Austalop :)