Recent content by gmez

That was my initial thought as well, but when I got all of these chicks they also had lavender orpingtons and I had never seen anything other than buffs at the stores. I was surprised at the wide/unique variety of options that they had this year!

I had considered a Maran during my Google "research" but then thought all the baby chicks looked like they had too much white/yellow on them compared to mine??

Has always been smaller than the others. Definitely the boldest of them all and the one to challenge everyone else, though.

Looking at pictures, I was thinking my only chance that it is a pullet is if it is a black sex link!

Only 7 weeks old, so no egg laying yet. I went ahead and added two pictures of when it was a couple of days old :)

Hi! We got day old chicks from our local feed store. My daughter picked this one up and put it with the ones I was getting, but I never got a chance to see what breed it was before she added it to the mix. It was solid black as a day old chick and is 7 weeks old now. It is a little smaller than...

I discovered her laying this morning... so obviously she's not a rooster

Thank you everyone! :)

I think that this one is a pullet! I haven't seen any comb or wattle growth at all since posting that last picture. We got our first egg this weekend and I *think* it was actually from this chicken! (she also started doing the "squat" recently) Someone here said that sometimes the comb will turn...

I think that this one is a pullet! I haven't seen any comb or wattle growth at all since posting that last picture. We got our first egg this weekend and I *think* it was actually from this chicken! (she also started doing the "squat" recently) Someone here said that sometimes the comb will turn...

Hi, I just recently joined BackYard Chickens but have been reading and finding information through the site for about a year now. We are raising our first flock and really enjoying our chickens! We got our first day old chicks at the beginning of March and quickly added three more. We have 1...

I think that this one is a pullet! I haven't seen any comb or wattle growth at all since posting that last picture. We got our first egg this weekend and I *think* it was actually from this chicken! (she also started doing the "squat" recently) Someone said that sometimes the comb will turn...

We got our first egg this weekend! It was either our 18 week Buff Orpington or 17 week Barred Rock. My guess is on the Buff Orpington but if anyone has a better idea then I'd love to know!

Thanks! Do you know what age Orpingtons usually start to crow? We're happy with a hen or rooster :) This is our first flock.