Haven't been here in ages, whoa.
Kenna turned out to be one rockin' hen :) Super chill and friendly and a good egg layer, albeit occasionally broody.
We actually just downsized yesterday from 7 to 4 hens since we aren't eating eggs really and we want to save money on how much food we're buying...
I like that answer, so let's go with that ;D
So far nothing she really does screams roo, but only time will tell. It'd suck to get ANOTHER cockerel when I was supposed to get all pullets(mainly because I got these ones to replace my cockerel if/when we get rid of him).
Also, if it means anything, Kenna is a huge talker. She won't shut up and chatters aLL the time the same chattering my GLW made as a chick.... people were leaning towards her being a male around 5 weeks old because she had a pinker comb and big wattles, but she's actually a female
Well this certainly got a lot of replies suddenly lol
I still don't know if Kenna's a girl or a boy, she's gotten a lot more feathers recently, she's got a nice tail sprouting and she's got feathers on her back legs/thigh area coming in.... she's the most feathered of my three so far, but she's...
Uhoh. It does seem to have a lot of personality too. Maybe instead of buying another marans I could see if they have their polish in =P I wad hoping Kenna would look either like a girl or too young to sex. Her wings are pretty light, too... but everything I've read says large headspot=boy. I...
I've been seeing that Cuckoo Marans can be sexed as young chicks by down colour+leg wash(?) +dot on head? I know nothing's set in stone or exact, especially when it comes to hatchery/feed store chicks.
I just picked this little girl up today:
She's probably a few days old. I shouldn't...