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So pretty sure one of my 22 week hens went broody. She is an Old English Banty who no longer will stay with my mixed flock (3 seabrights, one rooster, 3 glw, 2 ee, and 1 supposed ee who I'm pretty sure is laying a brown egg). She sits on her "clutch" of eggs and leaves maybe 2 to 3 times a day...

I am curious how old a chick is before you get to see their "adult" feathers? My kiddos are all between 3.5 weeks and 6 weeks, so I know I have a long ways to go. If different breeds feather at different rates then the ones in question are: Gold Laced Wyandottes Golden Sebrights Silver...

I was wondering at what age chicks develop the specific color patterns for cockerels vrs pullets? Roos have the very distinct black and silver while the hens are more brown, currently the chicks all look brown feathered but they have very different eye barring. Thanks for your help!

I would love some further education about roosters. So here are some questions that would help me plan for making flock decisions. 1. Can Bantam Roos breed Standard hens? Or can I assume my Standard hen eggs will be infertile? 2. I'm gonna guess up and say I have 5 roos out of 8 bantam...

I noticed a distinct difference in some of my 3 week old Sebrights wing feathers. Three of them have what I would consider to be a true lace pattern where they have lots of gold coming in with a prominent black edge around the tip of each feather. The other two however, look much more mottled in...

I wanted somewhere to document change in combs on my straight run bantams with final pictures being at the 6 week mark on April 30th. Chick 1: Citrine 2 weeks 3 weeks Chick 2: Cinnabar 2 weeks 3 weeks Chick 3: Rutile 2 weeks 3 weeks Chick 4: Feldspar 2 weeks 3 weeks Chick 5: Topaz 2...

So my chicks are too young to accurately sex by appearance, however I am curious if behavior is still accurate? I definitely have a few bantams that are puffing up their chests and bumping each other. Do pullets ever act like this or is this a good way to start IDing cockerells?

I have a small barn that I was going to incorporate the coop into one of my goat stalls; however, the more I read, the more I am wondering how good of an idea it is. My barn is very well ventilated and light - however I do keep horses and goats in it as well. The birds: 6 Standards (3 GLW and 3...

I just brought home 8 chicks from TSC and tracked down the most likely hatchery they came from. As a result it became apparent that 5 are variations of Gold Sebright (one with a breed eliminating fault of a single comb). The other 3 are either Brown or Silver Duckwing OEGB. Are there any ways...

On Saturday I am going to be picking up my first chicks. They are a group of 3 Gold Laced Wyandottes pullets and 3 Easter Eggers pullets. I am also getting an assorted mix of 8 Bantams, breed and gender unknown. Their indoor coop will be about 9 ft x 9ft with roosts that go up as high as 7ft...