There seem to be very knowledgeable SLW owners in this thread and so I was hoping you might weigh in. Is this a hen or roo? This chick is 6 weeks old. Thanks!
Ok, I thought it would be a good time for an update. Here are the latest pictures from this weekend. She/He carries her/his tail low sometimes, but I caught a few when it was up. This Wyandotte is almost 5 weeks old.
I have an Australorp that is now 1 month old and still looks like a chick. She seems healthy in every other way, fighting over food and putting on all her new feathers. The other chickens are nearly 3 times her size though. The breed itself is larger and so I am puzzled. She is no bigger than my...
Hello Fellows,
The year before last, our hens were infected with dry Foul Pox and it nearly killed one of them. Now that we are starting again with chicks and have learned of this disease, I am taking precautions and have purchased the Foul Pox Vaccine. The issue I am having is that the...
Thanks. I overbought, just in case some turned out to be Roos. I needed 3 and have 5. I do not have another Wyandotte to compare it to though and I will be sad if my only one is a Roo.
He/She might be a bit older. He/She is almost double the size of the Barred Rock that she is supposed to be the same age as. Tail feathers came in early. Neck/Cape feathers are just starting to come in.
Thank you for the links. They were very helpful. She definitely looks as bad off as the chicken that can no longer see. Heartbreaking. I ran to the store and bought her baby food, which she ate some of, and the iodine. I got her to drink a bit of water too.