Recent content by MABEchicks

Hi! First time with a leghorn and she is a true leghorn. Used to sleep in trees and is finally laying beautiful white eggs over the last several weeks her comb has just kept growing and flopped over very quickly. Whenever I look up pictures of these birds online I don’t see many combs THIS big...

Thank you for all that information. I said in my post that I kept him because I like how he’s dominate outside while their free ranging. He alerts when a hawk is near, he calls them to the best snacks, and he’s always checking on them. He’s a good boy but I think his extra toe (he’s a silkie)...

Thank you for responding. I’m glad to know it’s normal behavior! I want more hens but I’ve gotta work on my boyfriend

Hi! I’m new to chickens and definitely wasn’t expecting to keep a rooster. Since we did I’ve enjoyed the comfort of knowing he’s with them when they are free ranging. I have 5 hens and 1 rooster. My hens are Barred Rocks and ISA Browns and my rooster is a Bantam Silkie. I kept him because I...

So we just got our first few eggs! We assumed it was from our Rocks because they are 4 weeks older than our ISA Browns but in fact it was our ISAs laying! The Rocks are about 21 weeks old. It seems like the ISA Browns are laying early but I just want to know when I should expect the Rocks to...

Oh good to know. I guess we were just really hoping for one pullet. 4/4 roosters Thanks for your help!

Okay so the feathers are okay? And also why do we think she's a rooster? These are the 3 others we got with her so we assumed she was a pullet do to the differences. Her tail feathers don't go up and over like the others, just are kinda brown and fluffy, also her comb and wattle are much much...

I noticed this a few days ago, our 11/12 week old RIR pullet, was looking sad and roosting all day but I noticed her top beak was broken at the tip. No blood or tissue showing and when I locked the other birds out she ate a ton of food and the next day she was out and about. But then I noticed...

Thank you all for the replys. We sadly have to sell the boys soon and I'm hoping to keep the potential pullet!

(hen in question) her tail is different from all the boys. You can kind of see it in the next photo. She's in the middle of the two boys. Below. She does puff up her neck feathers sometimes it's not like the others though. She's quieter and smaller. (These are out boys we think) Hi! 10...