Our neighbors filed a grievance with the city, so we can't keep our girls. :(
Sunny - Buff Orpington, Nov 2012, lays tan eggs
Frosty - Delaware, Nov 2012, lays cream eggs
Mabel - Mottled Java, Nov 2012, lays tan eggs with freckles
Penny - Easter-egger, July 2013, lays pale green eggs
They...
Thanks, Accent!
Here's one from the side about a month ago (3 months old):
I'm sending my husband out for more photos now, so I'll upload those if he can get them.
I have not had any doubts that Ginger is a hen until I'm pretty sure I heard "her" cock-a-doodle-doo this morning. All three of our chickens were loud today, but I've never heard any of them sound like this before. "She" is 4 months old, so I thought the red comb and wattles were normal before...
I don't know what they are, but they don't look like my RIR did as a chick.
Here's Ginger (RIR) at about a week old:
Though I guess it's possible that Ginger isn't really a RIR since I'm just going by what the seller told us...
Wow, I'm pretty new to this and only make this guess based on looking at thread after thread in this area - my guess is that they are ALL little dudes...
But I'm no expert, so hopefully others can weigh in with more educated information.