I have 2 roos that I need to rehome. One is a Production Red and the other appears to be an Ameraucana, but I do not know if he is pure. They are 17 weeks old and I have handled them enough that they don't have a complete meltdown if I pick them up, but they don't love it.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought EE's always have pea combs which is tied to the gene for blue eggs. This chicken looks like it has a single comb. I could be completely wrong though, I'm a beginner when it comes to chickens.
Roo-yes, very original- Easter Egger roo
Big Red- Production Red roo
Goldie- Easter Egger hen
Girlie- Rhode Island White hen
Flower- Hubbard Brown hen
My hubby and I haven't come up with names for the rest yet.
It's hard to tell from the picture because of it's color, but it appears to me that there are some saddle feathers developing, so my guess is it's a roo. And I know you said he is lavender in color, but he resembles my Rhode Island Whites a lot.
Thank you everybody for the welcome! Where are you Marylanders? I am in upper Carroll County, on the line between Taneytown/Westminster MD and Littlestown, PA.
My hubby took her to the vet and the vet is 99% sure that she had Marek's. He put her on an antibiotic, but we aren't expecting her to live. We'll see.
What would one do in this situation? We have mixed layer feed with finisher feed because we got some hens that were supposed to be older than 18 weeks. We were only 3 weeks off from switching our original birds to layer feed. Could this be the problem with my sick girl? If so. What do I do...