Spitzhaubens

[Faraday40]

I don't have any new pics but DS & I are teaching Poof Poof to come onto an arm. She doesn't yet "fly" to him. It's more like a gentle step up from a roost or tree onto his arm. Much better than running around & trying to catch her when you want to hold her. She's the type that will gladly sit next to you, follow you around, tries to help with everything, and even stands on your boots for attention...... but reach out to hold her, and she runs away.

 

[SueT]

View attachment 1716668 I’m leaning towards pullet! She’s about 6 weeks now and fully feathered still no pink or wattles at all really!

How's it going, how about an update?

 

[Faraday40]

@Haleygoss
x2. I'd love to see how your Spitz looks.


....Any Spitz pics would be nice!

Next week I hope to add my own Spitzie chick pics. I ended up giving all of last year's Spitz hatches to a friend who could continue breeding them. (I had "borrowed" her male for a few weeks to breed DS's PoofPoof.) Now that she has the females from last summer, she gave me some eggs for a fertility test hatch. 6 out of 6 are developing! 7 more days until they should hatch. I can't wait!

In addition to being addicted to incubation, I'm teaching 4 embryology classes. We're starting the eggs in all 4 classrooms tomorrow. They will be her Spitzes, my orps, some Leghorns, and a couple of my "useless bantams" (aka seramas & silkies). I've got people lined up to take some of the chicks since I can't care for more than 30 in my big brooder. Hopefully one of my little hens will volunteer to do the work. I just let her incubate golf balls until hatch day when I slip 1-2 chicks under her. Then I put the broody hen inside the brooder pen and she does the rest.

 

[mccordsk]

I ended up with one Roo, got a run from mypetchicken.com and this guy.... He is a year old now, noisy, very aggressive, I am actually the only one he will come near without attacking, he is a real terror lol but he looks awesome

 

[Faraday40]

I ended up with one Roo, got a run from mypetchicken.com and this guy.... He is a year old now, noisy, very aggressive, I am actually the only one he will come near without attacking, he is a real terror lol but he looks awesome View attachment 1730584

It looks like his face was blurred to protect his identity. LOL

I agree that his body looks nice but so sorry you got a nasty one. We only had one roo, "Drumsticks." (Because he looked like an 80s hair band & had those long skinny leg shanks.) He was sweet & liked to fly over the fence to greet me by the backdoor every morning. He wanted to be 1st to see if I had treats. He also liked to fly up onto the garage roof & eat the fallen mulberries. Although it was funny to see a living weather vane up there, he started enticing the Spitz hens to follow him. The last thing we wanted was a flock of chickens on the roof. He also liked to crow a lot, so we rehomed him.

A friend bought a couple Spitz chicks from me a couple years ago, & her Spitz rooster is magnificent. Although he too likes to crow, he's great with their hens and not people aggressive at all. Like many roos, he may not desire to be picked up, but once being held, he's calm & relaxed.

Hopefully your boy will calm down now that he's an adult. If he doesn't you may want to consider finding a better one. There's no reason people should be afraid to walk through the chicken area.

 

[Haleygoss]

How's it going, how about an update?

Hi thanks for checking in! I still think pullet yay!! What do you guys think? Rapunzel is 7-8 weeks old!

 

[SueT]

Hi thanks for checking in! I still think pullet yay!! What do you guys think? Rapunzel is 7-8 weeks old!

Oh yes, still looks like a pullet!!!!!

 

[Faraday40]

Hi thanks for checking in! I still think pullet yay!! What do you guys think? Rapunzel is 7-8 weeks old!

Rapunzel looks very much like a pullet.

This was a male at about 7-8 weeks.

 

[Jpajinag]

On March 15 my daughter bought some day old Appenzeller Spitzhauben from the local feed store. Someone here locally imported some birds and has started breeding them. We have quickly fallen in love with these 2. They currently think they are ducklings and follow them everywhere (even had to pull Little Bit out of the pond one day). They are now about 4 weeks old and we THINK we have one pullet and one cockerel. The darker one is Little Bit, we thinks she is a girl, and the lighter is Headwig, we think a boy. Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[Faraday40]

On March 15 my daughter bought some day old Appenzeller Spitzhauben from the local feed store. Someone here locally imported some birds and has started breeding them. We have quickly fallen in love with these 2. They currently think they are ducklings and follow them everywhere (even had to pull Little Bit out of the pond one day). They are now about 4 weeks old and we THINK we have one pullet and one cockerel. The darker one is Little Bit, we thinks she is a girl, and the lighter is Headwig, we think a boy. Any thoughts? Thanks.

They look a bit older than a month to me, but yes, I agree with your gender predictions.
Spitzes are attractive, fun birds.