Recent content by beckyg718

Yes, that's what I thought. I was hoping maybe #2, chicken in the front wasn't a rooster, less red comb, smaller, but he is quite tall in stance. ugh. thanks for the reply

Bought about 15 straight run leghorns which were small when I bought them. I picked out the 4 hens which were obviously hens, however have had leghorns before and do know the combs can be confusing. It appears that most of these are roosters so I don't want to sell them if they are hens. I'm...

These are all interesting facts; Food-I bought some "game bird" peacock food over the winter-huge bag for 2 birds and 95% of the time they didn't eat it, so I'd be tossing it after a couple days. Their diet has been dry cat food(good cat food high pro not the cheap crap my cats would kill me)...

Attaching actual photo if that helps?

My IB seems to be doing ok, wandering in and out as usual, however, after he got his new feathers, it was only a few weeks and he started looking "sparse", like the upper part up by his back his kind of bald. Is this normal? Not sure his age, was told he was 2+. His tail was beautiful in the...

I got this bird to keep my IB(male)from not getting so lonely over the winter. Today I saw my he/she do a little jig for the audience(I have chickens also).....My IB is 3+ so he has been displaying his tail for the whitey, but he/she just kind of walks away and doesn't care. Does it appear to...

I live in Northern IL, temps get cold. I have 1 India Blue I rescued just this last year, he already has missing toes on one foot as I think the prior owners let him walk around outside in the snow and his feet froze? He's a little over 2 years old and is housed with my newbie peafowl which is...

She's my only polish hen, in a mixed flock of about 30 other hens, and about 4 roosters. I'm not sure what's going on in that hen house but I wish I had a camera. Yesterday she was hiding in a huge box the other hens lay in, normally she's not a "hider", very social and talkative. I put her by...

They are healthy little peeps, doing great, moving about, fluttering, trying to fly, etc. No issues health-wise, so I guess I will let them be.

UGH, I thought I posted my question so if it's a duplicate, I apologize. Incubator hatched chicks, 1 month old, (second batch), my first batch was fine, second batch has developed crooked toes. A couple were born that way, I tried to fix but they turned back in. Was the floor too cold for them...