Recent content by kelsonchicken

Hi! For the last 5 months 2 of my chickens have been sleeping in the trees. I have 2 pullets that have slept in the coop since they hatched and have stayed there, and I just added another older pullet to the flock today and she has gone straight to the trees this evening too. Is it ok for them...

Hen or rooster saddle feathers?

Really? I'd be so happy if it was a pullet. Did you see the close up pic I posted in reply above? What makes you think pullet?

Oh no! the three bigger ones are all lighter so i guess they're all roosters except for the smaller one.

I've raised these babies from hatch and still haven't been able to figure out which are Roos and which are hens. Someone told me the darker ones are boys and the lighter are girls - however my darkest is the smallest and has almost no wattle etc - so I feel like she must be a hen. The other 3...