We love our Nankin hen. She's very sweet and good natured, excellent bird for beginners or kids. She comes when called, she's an excellent bug hunter, likes to sit on your lap (or head, or...
I have 6 Barnies, they did start laying at about 28 weeks, but that is not an issue with me. Most of my poultry did. They don't lay the really dark eggs, but they are large, dark brown and some...
Leghorns are great egg laying chickens. They are friendly to other Leghorns and can easily fly. The only problems is that they are bad in the pecking order and they can make a mess of the yard....
I will start by saying that I love Australorps. In fact, my very favorite hen is an Australorp. She is such a sweet chicken and just let's you walk right up to her to pick her up. She doesn't run...
I knew the one was the Hamburg. I was so excited about those. I have 3 of them little ladies. We got them from McMurrays they day after Easter. I have identified the Hamburgs and the Australorps but have a few more I am trying to narrow down breed on.
The first bird looks like an EE. She has the slate colored legs. Some of your other pictures look like a Rhode Island Red and maybe a Specked Sussex? Did you ever find out what they are. I am just guessing.
Mother to 4 wonderful children, grandmother to 4. 1 DH (39 years), 1 pug, 1 Basenji, 1 dashshund mix (notice I put my DH in that same group! hahaha) 6 EE's, 1 Buff Orphington, 1 RIR, 1 Silkie, 1 Barred Rock, 1 Brown Leghorn, 1 Polish, 1 Welsummer. Hope to fill my basket with different colored eggs!
Mother to 4 wonderful children, grandmother to 4. 1 DH (39 years), 1 pug, 1 Basenji, 1 dashshund mix (notice I put my DH in that same group! hahaha) 6 EE's, 1 Buff Orphington, 1 RIR, 1 Silkie, 1 Barred Rock, 1 Brown Leghorn, 1 Polish, 1 Welsummer. Hope to fill my basket with different colored eggs!
She appears to have a single comb and I don't see a beard so I'm voting not an EE.
Where do you see a single comb? And all EE's are beardless at this age (around 4 weeks or so) They lost their chick fuzz, and grow their beard after that.
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Here is my girl at 5 weeks. Edited by aoxa - 5/14/12 at 4:52am
This one looks like a Red Sex-Link or Production Red.
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Originally Posted by Gunmama
I knew the one was the Hamburg. I was so excited about those. I have 3 of them little ladies. We got them from McMurrays they day after Easter. I have identified the Hamburgs and the Australorps but have a few more I am trying to narrow down breed on.
Here are the others we are trying to determine.
It's the shape that makes the breed, and the color that makes the variety.