Recent content by ChibiChicken

Sussex was a pullet, Cochin a cockeral, just as I thought. I ended up with 3 cockerals and 1 pullet from my 4 chicks lol...

I had a batch of hiline hens before my current chooks, and I introduced them to grapes and lettuce when they were about 4 week's old. It was my first time with chooks and so I chopped the grapes in half for them and shredded the lettuce to make it easier for them. The result was some very spoilt...

Oh thanks guys, that actually makes me feel better :D

Just found out that two of my four chicks are cockerals, so they're going back to the breeder, and now I'm paranoid about my other two :( I have a buff cochin and a light sussex here, very suss about the Cochin. She/he is quite skittish, and is always the first to chirp at danger and alert the...

Turns out pekin was a male, and so was the Brahma :( in fact, so is the younger fourth member of my flock, a young Cochin, that I didn't post about. The Sussex was the only female! Sigh :(

Ive never had an araucana before, so I can't be sure. And my young hens used to dance fight quite a bit when they were that age, and sometimes now. Just sorting out the pecking order, although the males do it too.

I have Brahmas and Pekins too, have to send my Brahma back to the breeder as she's turned out to be a he :( But will definately be picking up another Pekin, lovely chooks, I'm sorry it seems like you have a larger amount of boys there, unless that's what you were after! Pekins generally seem to...

Awww, I was afraid of that :( her comb has been yellow up until the last couple of days. Thanks for your opinion, does anyone else think the same?

Hi there, I have four chicks at the moment of different breeds. One is a bit too young to try and sex, so I'll wait a bit longer for that one. The other three are about six weeks old. I have a Pekin Bantam, a light Brahma, and a light Sussex. If anyone would like to hazard a guess on my babies...

Hi guys, my name is Stephanie and I'm from Western Australia :) I've been browsing this site for a while now - all my friends are calling me the crazy chicken lady because I'm always going on about my baby chicks haha :) I'll be posting some pics of my chicks soon as I'm unsure of their...