Recent content by jonross

We have two Red Stars, both approx. 18 weeks old. I assumed they were hens since as chicks they were both red. But Carmel's comb is not only way bigger than the other Red Star but it's bigger than any of our other six chickens (all between 14 and 19 weeks old). Carmel is also definitely...

Thanks! I wondered if that could be the case. I heard they get louder when they're laying. But I've also been told that they won't start until 6 months, and I also heard that since it'll be molting season in November when they turn 6 months they won't start laying until Feb. But we live in...

We have two 4 month old Red Stars. One of them (the redder of the two, btw) is starting to squawk quite a bit. Not "crow," per se, but she's kind of loud, ouder than any of our other seven chickens. And while I wouldn't say "she" is aggressive exactly, she is certainly more assertive and...

She was free from the school district so I have to believe she's as common a breed as there is. Ironically, though, she's anything but common. She's completely unlike our other six chicks (four of which we've had since they were a day or two old and that we played with every single day) in...

Sand, huh? How often do you have to rake it out? By the way, here's some photos of Fluffy on photobucket, if anyone wants to take a guess at what she (hopefully she) is: http://s1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc515/jonwross/

Okay. Here is Fluffy on Photobucket. Thanks. http://s1215.photobucket.com/albums/cc515/jonwross/

We're on the west side of Los Angeles (they call our neighborhood Del Rey). I converted my 6-year old daughter's play structure into a chicken coop and we currently have 7 chickens. One's a mystery chick that was incubated and hatched in her first grade classroom! I'm posting around so I can...

Hi. We're on the west side of Los Angeles and we're super excited/in love with our new chickens. With my 6-year old daughter's blessing, I converted her rather large play structure into a chicken coop. We have two Australorp/Orpington hybrids, 1 pure Black Australorp, 2 Red Star Sex Links, 1...

Well, I guess my first (or second) post will be to thank you for taking the time to welcome me and tell me how to get out of this somewhat frustrating new phase. So Fluffy was all yellow only for a day or two, but then when the first wing feathers started coming in they were sort of brown and...

Of a chicken in the "What breed is this?" forum?

Fluffy was incubated and hatched in my daughter's first grade classroom. The egg came from the school district (Los Angeles). We've taken Fluffy (named by the first graders, of course) home to join our chickens (Black Australorps, Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, and Red Star) but we have no idea...