There's quite a lot of feral chickens that roam around my town here and it's become the norm, so I doubt it escaped out of a neighbors yard.
As for more then 1 mama laying it could be possible but again I doubt it, her nest was fairly hidden away and wouldn't let the others get to it, also...
The first photo of the white one was taken maybe 2 days before the other ones, the other two were taken yesterday.
Here are some photos I just took if it'd help.
I have two silkie chicks, about 9 weeks old now and was wondering if anyone knows the Gender?
I've read it's hard to tell but I figured I might as well see if anyone has any guesses, I believe the White one (named Peep) is a Male, Its very dominate, and the Black one (named Poof) is a female...
They probably are mixed breeds then, thank you!
So far they're doing well and warmed right up to my two silkie chicks, though have yet to warm up to me fully.
I'll keep this place updated on the last 3 chicks.
I recently came across 4 chicks, we used to feed them and the mother whenever they stopped by our front yard/Backyard.
After a while though the mother suddenly disappeared and we haven't seen her around the neighborhood, the 8 of them started running around the neighborhood like a little army...
Thank you so much for all the replies !
About her being a "Rhode Island Red" you're right she looks a LOT more like a Black Sex Link, I just got her from a random batch of chicks at a school event and at the time she seemed closest to a Rhode Island Red so thank you for that.
I live in...
Hello, I'm new here and somewhat new to raising chickens so sorry if I've posted this in the wrong section.
I have a two year old Road Island Red named Gretel, recently I've become a little worried when I saw that her wings are open and she breathes through her beak; She has access to water and...