Recent content by Firekin1

Putting clothes on chickens is a bad idea, they can't preen

Ahh...then you're good, tis blue not splash...lol

The thing with Icelandic is they don't have a standard, so they are a wide variety of colours, crested and not crested, and have a variety of comb types....they could be Icelandics🤷🏽‍♀️

Def not splash and if you wanted blue the red is a no no

Looks like a silver laced wyandotte, def a cockerel

A rough looking bearded gold laced polish...lol

Some are just quiet, between 6-10 weeks their voice changes from a peep to a quack, Ive had some only quack when I grab them

With ducks the females quack and the males have a raspy whisper, as ducklings they sound the same and they grow the same. If you have one not growing its failing the thrive for some reason.

Ohhhh my...I can tell you what I personally do but I'm not telling you what to do. In my experience crossed beaks get worse as the chicks grow, much worse. A lot of the time they struggle to eat and drink which can lead them to failure to thrive. They usually end up starving. Myself I cull them...

The same as the females. I find with mine the males necks are a little thicker and there is a bit of a size difference when they're standing side by side. Other than that I just wait to see who lays an egg or who mounts who then catch them and put a band on their leg so I know who's who

Looking at those red wattles I'd say the white crested is a cockerel, the other could still go either way

Dunno but they both appear to be cockerels

They usually do that if there's another bird in the box when they come back in from eating or drinking.

It's a mix breed chicken created to lay high numbers of blue eggs.