One of TSC's new breeds, Seven of Nine is a "Smokey Pearl". Very large and all white.
They're a large bird, and not friendly towards people. But right now he's living with another rooster and hens so that can't exactly help his temperment.
He'll eat treats from your hand, but will be rough...
I wound up with 3 roosters out of a flock of 6, and 2 of them are definitely mean.
I don't really have the equipment to process them effectively, but I don't want them to go to waste if I can avoid it. I was hoping to avoid this problem for a while yet.
Does anyone know of a butcher or someone...
You were 100% correct. All three wound up being roosters.
Both Janeway and 7 of 9 (especially 7 of 9) wound up being MEAN roosters too, so they're probably going to be cat food soon unfortunately.
The fact that 3 of the 5 wound up being roosters, poor luck.
So upon further review and looking at wynadottes at similar ages, I believe Janeway is a cockerel.
Still no idea on Riker, but now I'm really hoping they're a pullet.
As promised, a full update and pictures of all the babies.
So to start with, the chicks have not wanted to stay in the coop the past few nights, and had to be coralled back in at night. Obviously not ideal, so they are locked in the coop for the next week while they start to learn that it's...
The babies have escaped their temporary holding, and have integrated a little early.
It seems to be going well, so I'm letting this continue.
I will have a full update Saturday or Sunday on how they're doing.
Entry #3
After seeing how sassy this photo looks, I decided to also enter Slurpee, front view, cold-hearted bug eater edition.
Even if the eyes here are a smaller focus of the photo, I like the framing better than my second entry.
The babies are out in the coop today 😭.
My current coop is not really designed with an integration chamber, so I've essentially just moved the brooder into the coop. They definitely need more space, but this is the best I've got for now.
Slurpee heard them chirping and seemed bewildered by the...
Thanks for the included picture! That's very similar to what I'm planning on building.
Although with deep litter I wonder if the swinging door will operate alright. Still planning that part out a bit.