Recent content by ChickenGirl555

At 3 weeks old with that much comb development and color, I definitely say rooster, I'm sorry.

I live in Wisconsin and was planning on going to the March 12th swap meet and March 19th swap meet to get my chicks for this spring, but now I’m unsure due to the recent avian influenza problem. There’s still snow on the ground here, so I would keep the chicks indoors for likely the typical 5-6...

I would suggest looking at/using these sites and articles to look at color genetics. But already, I would say yes. Black is a dominant color (except with Splash, like this article says/shows) and will almost always appear or dominate other colors and details of the bird. These calculators can...

Could they possibly be scabs? Injury? Perhaps another chicken pecked at them and caused the injury and scabbing? It looks too dark to be under the skin--it resembles dried blood much more. I'm not an expert on diseases, but I've had my share of external injuries. The bumps/scabs look like...

The pecking air reminds me of my Dark Brahma rooster who got in an accident as a cockerel. A door fell on his head (Sounds weird, I know) and somehow he survived and is the sweetest thing, but his recovery was shaky. I had immediately brought him into the house and wrapped him in a towel and...

Typically my chickens (I have a variety of breeds but not Novogens) start laying around 6 months, however if yours are 4 months today, they likely won't lay til Spring unless you have very effective producers. I focus on more ornamental and "pretty" breeds so they are not significant layers, but...

The chick healed up fine. She's still limping slightly but every day she's become more active and walked farther distances before sitting down. I think she pulled a charlie horse or whatever the chicken equivalent of that is, since nothing looks or looked wrong externally. But thank you for the...

Yeah...that looks just like mine. It must come with age, but I swear they look exactly like little Golden Laced Wyandottes. So if yours do that too, don't be worried :lol: I also love turkens and their little abnormal look! I had one once I rescued from a petting zoo, but it turned out to be a...

Just curious...what do your BLRW look like? My chicks don't seem very blue and I'm hoping it just comes in as they age, but their baby (few-week old) feathers are just Golden-Laced and I'm worried they messed up despite them being labeled as BLRW.

I have a little 3-4ish week old chick who’s been perfectly healthy and happy, but last night I came home and when checking on them I noticed Chick Jagger couldn’t stand and was basically throwing herself across the brooder, army-crawling to move. She can take a few steps but then falls. When I...

Did you crack it open? I want to see!!

Due to it being so dark/different from the others, I would be cautious and simply take it out. I'd open it up and see what is actually in there, because even if it's nothing serious and the chick could develop, it could somehow have complications. Please open it and show us pictures if you...

Is it a dark shell that could possibly just be difficult to see clearly?

Oh, that's adorable! My little baby :love But yes, I did notice he screamed LOUDER than usual last night when it was the first day I haven't sat with them for an hour or more. What a little stinker...Tough love needed indeed. Thank you, I'll watch Griffin and spend some time with them tonight...

I hatched 2 of my own chicks almost a week ago. My first hatch actually came on day 20 while the other took its time until day 24 (I took out Griffin after 18 hours because he was really messing with the second's unhatched egg). The first chick I've named Griffin, the second is Cricket. They're...