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Thanks for the reassurance. Definitely planning to keep her separate and ill keep an eye on her. We just keep laying there with her thinking this chicken can't be real life! Lol

Trying one more post on our new gal. Got her yesterday. We thought she was kind of lethargic and maybe not feeling well but today she's eating and drinking and alert but not really active. She will walk over to the nearest human and snuggle up. Last night she nestled into dd and laid an egg...

She's isolated for now. Was kind of hoping she was maybe just stressed and might pop out if it. Dh says she's drinking now and is up and alert but not active. Just hangs in the same area and isn't moving about like we're used to seeing with our other hens who are always pecking and on the go

We got a new hen yesterday. She's a polish crested. When we met the family to get her they opened the box and she was just laying on the bottom totally motionless. Farmer said it just because it was dark. Seemed believable. But then It continued all night. She doesn't get up and move around...

I guess I mean that they are on chick grower. Bag says 6-22 weeks. How do I check/treat for lice and mites?

Thanks for all the feedback and info! I did know they were older. Some are actually just over two years and some over a year (she had their feet banded to tell which was which but some have fallen off). She was selling to bring in her new pullets, but at $2/bird I was OK with the fact that they...

Picked up some new hens this week. The lady said they were all golden comets but the red ones look distinctly different to me than the lighter colored ones. Not just color, but their waddles and combs are different too. Wondering what the BYC experts think about breed. On the plus side, our wait...

Winnie is still available. Happy, healthy, just needs a home outside the city where neighbors won't be brainstorming ways to turn him into stew <3

I'm going to PM you my contact info.

Handsome guy. Handled daily since birth and super friendly! Goes by Winnie the Roo. Going to be really sad to see him go, but we are in the city and can't keep him. I'm located in eastern Iowa, but make frequent trips to Des Moines so I could meet you if you're from another part of the state.

I've tried and haven't been able to ID any saddle feathers but maybe I just done know what I'm looking for? yup, he's right around 3 months. Bummer :( and yes, very possible he's a mix -- he didn't come from a hatchery.

:( I suspected but just wanted to be sure. Thanks! At least we already have a good home were I know he won't be stew.

I posted back when my chicks were 8 weeks looking for confirmation on breed and gender. Since then, I've looked at 100s of pics of Barred Rocks and I can't help but think he still looks a lot more similar to the hens than he does the roos -- mainly because of color, but other things too. I know...

Thanks for the reassurance ladies!

Typically when we go OOT we'd have somone stop by the house once a day to check on the chickens and dogs. Leaving today and only going to be gone for 24 hours so I'm not having anyone come by but its supposed to be in the upper 90s. We haven't had temps that hot since I got the chicks so I'm...

That's awesome! Does your city allow them or do you just keep them a secret? My city doesn't even allow chickens so I feel like I'd really be pushing the envelope with that kind of addition. To my credit though, we are a block from where the zoning changes from ag to res so you don't have to go...

Noted and lesson learned I guess :( Maybe we should just move to the country so I can keep them :D I'd like to add a goat to my backyard farm anyway ha ha

ah I see. I can't see them because photobucket is blocked at work so I just get red Xs. I checked them out on my phone. Gah why does it have to be so hard to tell! He definitey has the features of your cockrel but coloring of the female. His comb was more defined than that at 5 weeks and thats...