So guys! We have 3 males for sure but I am wondering if this barred rock is a male or a female… we've been calling her... a her and 'her' name is Hunter…. she is just barely over 10 weeks old what do you guys think? Her waddle and comb are much larger and more red than the other females but they...
Soooooo I did it!!! AAAAAHHH!!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jackalopeburrow/chickpins let me know what you think? I could really use some feedback!!
So... i'm obsessed with my chickens, I read all kinds of stuff about them, I watch them scratch around, I even wash my older hen's constantly pasty butt on a regular basis. I'm a chicken parent, not a chicken owner. So I may be too rose-coloured-glasses on the subject, so I wanted to get some...
I had one rooster with 3 hens for a long time, he was a sweetheart though and didn't.... mistreat the hens. My daughter and I have had chickens as pets for a few years now, she's just turned 9 and has experienced chicks hatching, chicken deaths, chicken murders, giving away chickens and buying...
Thank you! I'm not familiar with welsummers, that's be a new one for me! I'm pretty sure at this point that hunter is a barred rock, and I thought I had 2 astralorps too, but just noticed all that brown today also :confused:
New pictures of the kids, they're in that awkward pre-teen stage... one of them even has a mohawk! Hunter was attacked by the momma (that's why her head is all bedhead), guessing because she's the smallest, so her, baguette, and specky (they're her best friends and haven't pecked her owie) have...
Some updated pictures
I snuck them into the nest while she was off for a drink and scratch, it was kind of hilarious watching her go back to the nest, she would walk up to it, turn her head sideways, stare for a second, turn around and walk a few steps away and then repeat. It was like she was...