Anyone have any pictures of a chicken from a speckled Sussex rooster and polish chicken? Our white crested blue polish has gone broody and we are so curious what her chicks will look like
Background:
We had 8 chicken hens and 2 male guineas, who were all raised together from babies. All free range during the day and return to the coop to roost at night (we have an acre of "yard" and then hundreds of acres of fields).
2 chickens went broody and we got them eggs, moving them into...
That's what I think too. I went to the rural king but all of the latches were huge. I am new to this so dont want to get something online the critters can open anyway.
We just bought the producers pride sentinel as a transition coop for our two little chicks between the brooder and the large coop with the big girls.
The latches are so easy to open it makes me nervous about a raccoon or even a good windy day. (Currently I have everything tied down with wire...
We have two new chicks that are two weeks old.
Today I sectioned off the big girls coop to give them a safe place to stay while getting to know the big girls (they are separated with 1/4in hardware cloth). They were panting in the brooder and laying with wings out so I know they were too hot...
This is Banana. She is a buff orpington hen (8 weeks old).
She comes running from wherever she is when she hears me or the kids, she loves to be petted, will let the kids pick her up and carry her around, and hops into your lap the moment you sit down. She is also a master photo bomber (hence...
Thanks. I was surprised to see the barring showing up on the wings. She looks like a pale version of my barred rocks at that age. Maybe her name needs to be changed from Sapphire to Mystery