Who knew I'd be happy to hear a crow soon to put this to bed. I tell him/her each morning to crow already if he's going to so I know!!
My little cochin started trying to crow 2 weeks ago. I can try to keep a rooster, but I can't keep 2 as there are only 3 girls in the chicken flock. Of the 2...
I posted a separate thread, but wanted the opinion of those of you with the LOs.
11 weeks old.
comb is starting to turn red now. Wattles have been pinkish for a while now. Neither seems to be getting bigger.
Any help on the sexing dept with his LO? Gut feel is I have a roo, but I'm still not sure.
7 weeks old
Some days the face seems a bit more pink and others it is still gray. Comb is mostly gray still, but wattles are pink, not huge, but wattles non the less.
The 6 week old gold laced cochin is...
I have a BO and that girl will sit on nothing and sit for days until we lock her out of the chicken house and the duck house. She is quite the broody chick, but we've never given her fertile eggs to sit, but I'm sure she'd sit for the duration.
I've read a bit about feather issues with LOs. The pic below is my 4 week old LO and there is a strip down the wing feathers, on both sides, where it is translucent. Kind of neat, but well, weird too. Should I expect that to stay or will normal, non translucent strip, feathers appear after a molt?