Finally got a good pic of her where you can see the feather pattern. Shes also much larger than my Welsummer. Pic of both birds below (first is the light barnevelder in question, then the Welsummer)
I’m not sure! She could be. I can’t tell if they are laying yet. One may be (I would suspect Mary-Kate) And if so, it’s a medium-dark egg. Darker than I would expect from a partridge rock.
My speckled Sussex is our friendliest and favorite hen. She’s beautiful, sweet, and lays almost every day. Although her eggs are more of a cream color than and brown. I also really like my Australorp, and she would fit all of your criteria except that she’s black. But her feathers do have a...
For those following along, this chicken is about 11 weeks old now and I’m pretty confident it’s a pullet. Certainly not breed standard coloring, but I still think she’s cute.
Yes I have 20 total! 10 grow outs from this year. But this is my only BLR Wyandotte. And the only one I bought straight run.
I have:
Rhode Island Red
Golden sex link
speckled sussex
Silver laced wyandotte
Plymouth white rock
Delaware
3 Easter eggers
Black copper marans
Black australorp
2...
Attaching updated pics because I think they are growing into the most beautiful birds! They are about 14 weeks old now. We refer to them mostly as “the twins” but the lighter one is Mary-Kate and the darker is Ashley.
Thanks for the input. I’m not opposed to combining and would probably prefer that. Helpful to know some of the pros and cons of having them all in 1 coop vs 2.