Recent content by stephhassler

Thanks for looking.

It is now 6 months old. The other three with same hatch date are crowing. This one hasn't crowed yet, but when I posted photos last month, the majority thought it was also a cockerel. I only have 4 so I'm really hoping this one is a pullet.

Thanks for looking. I just bought some blrw eggs from PeakyBeaky - maybe I'll get some girls this time!

Well, I hope I win your eggs in the auction - because I need some girls!

I know - I sit out there and watch them - waiting for a crow. I think they are staying quiet just to spite me.

Yep - I only have 4 total and I'm afraid they are all boys! Guess I won't be hatching any more!

Are either one of these a pullet? Or do you think both are cockerels? They are 5 months old. Same bird as above, perhaps a better picture? He's obviously a cockeral. I'm thinking boy. Please tell me this one at least is a girl!

When I was holding her, her breastbone was rather prominent, but she hadn't really lost a lot of weight - at least not enough that I had noticed before today.

She died this morning after I found her lying in the corner in the coop. She was a RIR, about 9 months old. I do have a heated water dish in the coop which was plugged in to an extension cord that runs outside the coop. She was lying right next to the extension cord. I examined the cord, it...