I started tracking my eggs on a spreadsheet. I’m wondering if anyone else does this and is as interested in what chickens are laying and when.
I have a hen who started laying on 2/26/2026 or 2/25/2026 and has then laid 8 or 9 days in a row. This doesn’t make sense to me as it seems that’s...
So I have this LF/standard Cochin roo and I’ve been trying to find pics of what he will look like all grown up. I’ve come to learn that standard Cochins don’t recognize the mottled pattern so I’m here to ask for pics of anyone’s standard sized mottled Roos and/or if anyone’s seen them before...
Thank you!! Do you know why Baby Girl would be so much heavier than Cali when she is younger? Her legs are also very thick and bigger — does this mean different breed, possible roo, different genes but same breed so just bigger or something else?
After perusing these chicken forums, it seems I am facing a common predicament us chicken lovers find ourselves in.
I went to my local Rural King and listed off the chicks I wanted and waited for the kind man to box up my chicks, blissfully unaware that I would not be receiving my requested...
I bought a cochin cockerel on FB from a girl who said she had bantam and large fowl cochins. She said he was the large fowl but I am not sure. If the hatch date she gave me is correct, he is 9 weeks old and weighed in at 1 pound 13.6 ounces today.
Any advice on how to tell or do I have to wait...
We got these from RK - labeled as Blue Jersey Giants (I knew no better at the time 😂). I was calling them Easter Eggers but now I’m thinking Production Blues. Your baby looks a lot like they did when we got them!
Bought 10/13/2025
Pic #1 - 10/16/2025
Pic #2 - 10/23/2035
Pic #3 - 11/3/2025