My Ameraucana is one of my favorite hens! Her eggs are absolutely gorgeous, and she lays a decent amount. However, she doesn't seem to care much about her eggs, so sometimes she'll just lay them as she's walking on the ground. That isn't so great. However, she's great in cold, we've had a couple...
Yeah, i have a chick like this. She is 5 1/2 weeks, yet has only wing feathers, some on her legs, and barelymany on her back. However, she is not showing any other signs of being a rooster, so it's all good.
I'm still going with pullets! Last year, one of my chicks had an unsure gender and the person who sold them to us said, "Look for long, curved over, poofy feathers and a large, red comb and wattle that grows in early. Spurs will also get large in rosters, but most females have small spurs or...
Hi! I am very new to chickens, and am wondering about the disease resistance of the barred plymouth rock breed. One review of them seemed to suggest that they were prone to Mareck's (which has a vaccine), but the rest didn't mention anything about its hardiness. Some websites seemed to suggest...