Recent content by kjanes

That's my (uneducated) guess, and my hope! Haha. I'm not good at the "wait and see".

Gender guess on this 6.5 week chick? Dad was RIR, Mom is the black EE pictured.

7 weeks!!

New to Wyandottes, what do you mean by "THE yellow legs"?

It's my first time with BCM, how do we feel about my almost 6 week "pullet" on the front/right? The comb is the same size as the other 2 but I noticed a little red this morning.

I know it's not the best angle, but what are your thoughts...are my 5 1/2 week pullets actually pullets? The silver acts very Roo-ish, his comb is slightly bigger and maybe a slight pink compared to the golden. He's bigger than the golden too. I've heard people comment on color patterns. Guesses...

Here is Ms Bernice and the 3 chicks she's raising. The other 10 chicks went to live with my friend and her children.

Ms Bernice, and her 3 chicks.

Bernice has indeed turned into quite the mother. So fun to watch.

Gotcha!

I recently rehomed my Roo because he started coming at me...I can't have that with 2 toddlers in the yard. I don't plan on a new Roo, but if one of my babies ends up being so I will definately be willing to give it a try again. It makes sense that he would be better mannered being raised in a...

That's where my concern stemmed from. Having not seen a hen raise chicks I thought she was a little harsh and mean. I guess in reality she's teaching them to survive and care for themselves, after all they only have a few short weeks to learn from her. I'm excited to watch the process, even if...

Haha. We get so caught up on following the "book", 95 degrees the first week 90 the second...the babies are a couple days old and were fine wandering around Momma in 70 degrees.

I'm realizing I may spoil and baby my chickens a little too much. Talk about tough love! Lol. I sat, very anxious, watching them go in tonight. Again she went on in and sat in there calling for a good 15-20 minutes while the frantic chicks looked around for Momma. So sad. As bad as I wanted I...

Perfect. Thank you! That's reassurance I was looking for.