We thought this was one of our americaunas but it's face/neck just isn't pudgy like our others. We are supposed to have sexlinks amerucaunas and wyandottes any guess what this one is? (4 months old)
yes, that is exactly what I saw, the saddle feathering. we don't have any older roosters we do have a neighbor and we can occasionally hear their rooster but they're pretty far away.
The one in the background of the first picture is "Dotty" I put "Dotty" and "not Dotty" on them so it is easier to tell them apart. They do look very similar and I am fairly sure they are both males.
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Y'all helped me earlier but also got me looking at my chickens again. Now I'm wondering about these two. Hopefully it'll be as easy as the last one I asked about. Roos or hens. The first one shows our 2 very different "blue laced reds" we obviously are very new to chickens and don't know much...
I was under the impression that once they learn to lay in their nest boxes that is where they will always lay. Is this not the case? My mother in law leaves hers in the run until they are well established with laying in their nest boxes. Once she feels they will only lay in their designated area...
We got our very first egg today!. They may have been laying before as we were letting them free range for a while. I decided to keep them in their run for a while cause I figured a few of them were getting really close to being ready to start laying. I was right! I came in with the egg and my...
We've been thinking we had all pullets and have been looking into getting a rooster I was just out visiting the chickens and noticed his"?" Feathers looked different from the other glw's.