I have a brood Serama hen who is about 10 months old. When she's laying, she lays every day - and she was the first one to lay of my 5 original - now 4 :( - chickens. But when she's broody...
Anyway, she has been broody twice before - the first time for about 5 days, the second time (about a...
Actually, the feed store just called them a barnyard mix. He allows all his chickens to breed randomly, and then donate the eggs to the local Children's Museum so kids can see how chickens are born. We just thought she looked like an Easter Egger, cuz of the green legs and the coloring. I don't...
So the consensus a few weeks ago was EE pullet (for the big partridge chick), but I think she has a single comb instead of a pea comb. She is a random mix from the flock of the owner of my feed store.still a pullet? Am I right that she has a single comb?
Turns out Gertrude is actually a Serama cross - feed store owner confirmed that much. Not sure what she's crossed with. Current comparison picture attached to see relative size with an EE the same age
I am hoping that one of you Japanese Bantam experts can help me. One of the other BYC members commented that she thinks this chick (which is a mixed chick from the feed store) might be a Japanese Bantam mix. Do you agree? Do you have any opinions as to what she could be mixed with? In the group...
So Bertha the FBCM died of complications from the pox. Milton the suspected roo has been re-homed. And I just bought two new sexed pullet. Gertrude and Edna are getting the pox vaccine and are not showing any signs of illness or pox, so wish me luck! Will keep the new little ones...