Recent content by Allicia

Thank you. I will get pics of the whole flock in the morning before I let them free for the day, otherwise I'll never catch them together for a pic lol!

Here are a few more pics of this chicken in comparison of my other hens the hen is in the bottom of the pic. another view, the chicken in question is the all dark one. And another A question, I cracked open eggs today from our neighbor that does not have any roosters and each egg had a...

Thank you for that info. So the blastodisc is not a fertilized spot, good to know. The egg with the streaking is from a different flock. I noticed that the "hen" in question is starting to get little bumps growing out of her legs a little above her ankle, is this normal? I guess it's just a...

The only possible rooster is the one I have taken pictures of...sigh. No possible way there are visiting roosters. I had a feeling when I saw that white spot on the egg. I've also had speculation that this bird is "different" and yes, I've read not all crow. Time will tell I guess. Thanks so...

Yeah that. Mine go in by themselves, head count and lock it up :)

Thank you for the info! I've compared the waddles but his (or hers) isn't red and swollen yet so it's hard to tell at this point. He's not crowing that I've heard but I've also read crowing times can vary widely. I've been searching endlessly to find ways to tell them apart to no...

Here is a picture of one of our eggs that I think may be fertilized? Could this actually be fertilized? (I've updated to a close up picture) Thanks!

Hi, I'm new here! My long story short(er). We purchased 6 red sex link pullets from the local 4H fair and he gave us a 7th "free". The "hen" in questions doesn't have the same color as the rest of our ladies, she is all ginger where our others are ginger with white back/bottoms. Her tail...

Did you confirm that Ginger is in fact a hen and not a roo? I have what is supposed to be a red sexlink hen but is very different from the other girls. She looks just like your ginger so I'm curious if you've confirmed she is a hen? Thank you!