Our first flock. See the post below from coop construction to growth of our 10 original bantam chicks.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/posts/20469854/
1 year-ish update:
So my daughters deciding to trade my favorite white frizzle (ended up being a roo) for a little bantam Easter egger. We...
This is an gray bantam Easter egger crossed with either black silkie rooster or black frizzle cochin bantam rooster.
Light skin...dark feet and 4 toes. Guesses on gender and also likely father?
So I know the mom is a gray Easter egger or aracauna bantam and the father is either a black silkie or black frizzle cochin bantam. It has 4 toes. Dark legs but light colored skin. Any guesses on gender?
Hours old
4 weeks old
7 weeks old
This one has a black silkie father and I believe a bantam dark brahma mama. It has dark skin and dark legs and 5 toes.
Hours old
Roughly 3 to 4
weeks
Roughly 6 weeks
Every feel like you are being watched?
Ha. Maybe so.
Apparently we are apart of the new TV show featured on the food network and this cats parents just installed a television for him.
Could try to blend in and see if he gets bored with this TV station.
We are going incognito for this...
I posted this little guy at 4 weeks. I got feedback that it looked like cockerel. Does he still look that way? White frizzle cochin bantam at 8 weeks old.
I realize it is too early but for those that want to give a shot at guessing. I can try to post results when i know for sure as it gets older. Im guessing roo because my other silkie (hatched same day, but different color) does not have the wattles at all. (of course i don't know on that one...
The dark brahma on the bottom of roost I was thinking is a roo? Is there any way to know at 7 weeks old going on 8 weeks? Would they be done with the juvenile molt to know if the penciling is going to stay or not? I also have a dark brahma on the top row in the back. The coloring is a little...
So to start things off, my 5 year old daughter wanted chickens. She would spend all day and she would collect all kinds of cardboard and tape and construct a house for her chicks. It included windows, table and chair, toilet area, a rug, miniature pictures she drew to put on the walls of their...
I have this 4 week old white frizzle cochin bantam. It feathered very quickly compared to my black frizzle so i was thinking it was a pullet. By the wing feathers at a 4 days old it looked like it could be a pullet. But now I'm thinking roo. what are your guesses?