Recent content by zurmakin

That is really helpful. Still new with these girls. I think I realized that the old shafts needed to fall out but didn't put together that it will only happen at molt. It makes a lot of sense. I made some changes around their enclosure and it shouldn't happen again. I'm sure they will find...

Ok! Thanks. She is just 14 months old. So I haven't witnessed her molt yet. She is my buddy and always cuddles in my lap so I notice it a lot and want to be sure I'm giving her what she needs.

Hello all. I have a Sex Link that has a bunch of feathers on the front of the neck/breast that were broken off. I put in a new gate she was sticking her head through a lot and I believe that was the original cause. I fixed the gate and she can't do it anymore and the problem seems to have...

I'm wondering the same thing. I'm actually reading this because I have a 9 week old and two 4 week old chicks I'm testing the waters with them being together. I originally had three with the oldest but sadly lost one and the others grew up to be turkeys and I had to get rid of them (this is a...

Thanks for weighing in. I guess I'll just have to wait and see. I have a few months before crowing starts, right? It should be more obvious before that starts I would believe. Also, the Empire did nothing wrong.

Hello all! I have a couple of 4-week old Dominique chicks. I got them from a local feed store that told me they were all sexed to be pullets. I noticed some differences between my two Dominiques from the beginning and they are becoming even more pronounced. I was hoping to gain some insight...