Recent content by Brandon W

Rooster babies will do this. They simply chitter and squeak all the time. It’s because they are “protecting” the flock. In nature this behavior wouldn’t survive. Baby birds making that much noise are chicken nuggets in the predator kingdom. This Golden Sebright Roo is 10 weeks old and never...

Looks like a Blue Orpington to me also. Not enough dark feet for me to say “Sapphire Gem” although it’s close.

Too much red in its comb at this age typically equals Roo. However, my cross bread Gold/Silver Laced Wyandotte hen had lots of red in her comb, however, she didn’t have any indication of waddles until she was like 12 weeks old. Despite all indications, visual inspection can be lacking. If at...

remember my Sebright bantam babies? Sprite on the right, Spirit on the left. Well listen to my Sprite enjoy a new sound discovered today...

Sebright Chicks. Right: Spirit. Left: Sprite. Looks like Sprite is gonna be a Roo. Ages: Spirit, is 2 weeks old, and Sprite is 4 weeks old.

93071B98-8AC7-4CCF-A256-0E165D1B221F by Brandon W posted Mar 16, 2018 at 8:59 PM This is my 3 week old Sapphire Gem named “Sapphire”. She loves sitting on my lap and places her head in my hand like this. When my hand isn’t down far enough she still puts her head in there. This is how she loves...

Sapphire Gem sleeping

3B837EB6-B96C-41EA-8B5E-FF2433465960 by Brandon W posted Mar 13, 2018 at 9:16 PM Here are my two young spring acquisitions. The one on the left is Spirit she is .5 weeks old. The right is Sprite and she is 2.5 such good friends and peck mates. Literally eat and drink and sleep at the exact same...

Sebright chicks in a bowl

Goofy thing: so I went back to the store, bought a second Sebright. Mind you my first is now two weeks old, and tried to attack the new one. After a dose of “peck no more” on the head of the new one my elder Sebright has been cordial with the youngling. Now the two eat together. On top of that...

I’ve never raised a bantam. Saw this darling chick at the Coastal Farm store, and recognized its breed. I’ve wanted a Golden Sebright ever since I started with chickens three years ago, but don’t have space for a shipment of the chicks. I’ve got 3 other chicks of normal breed size, and they are...