That is how my little one looks. He/she is 12 weeks old. I've been thinking it was a rooster because the comb and wattles were HUGE at 4 weeks, but I didn't have any other chicks with his hatch, so I have nothing to compare. It's just him and the rest of my flock is turning 1 year in April...
I have plenty of him!
And there is the hen who laid the egg:
She is one of the lighter RiRs I had, but honestly, if I had not been physically present to see her lay that egg, I would not have believed the chick has any RiR in him/her.
Guess I will do a follow up... here is the same chick I posted pictures of in November.
The mother is a Rhode Island Red, father a golden comet. I was there, physically present the exact moment the egg was laid, I marked it with the date and name of the hen.
I know for 100% the hen...
Thank you!
This is what the chick looks looks like. It's day old now:
I had another egg under her but it hasn't hatched. I don't think its going to. Saturday was Day 21.
Hi. I'm semi new here. I've been a new chicken owner since April. We have 3 golden comets (2 hens and a rooster) and 13 Rhode Island Red hens.
I'm resurrecting this older post because, as I mentioned above, our rooster is a golden comet. We have let one of our hens hatch out a couple eggs...