I have a silkie and a white/ gray/ red barnyard mix that I'm just stumped on. They are 14.5 weeks.
I don't hear either crowing yet, but I wonder if I'm wishful thinking.:)
Also any ideas on what mix my barnyard one is?
Thanks so much for any help! :love
My 6 month old cream legbar with beautiful feathers and a gorgeous red comb laid me a soft shelled egg yesterday. Then that night she was dead.
I palpated and felt nothing like a stuck egg, but I did find this bleeding on her vent.
Devastating to lose ANY birds, but is this a "one bird...
Color me dumbfounded. Since this little one was 3 weeks, I was sure it was a boy. But the comb and wattles haven't grown at all. It is VERY skittish. And it's tail feathers are only grown in on the sides really, but I haven't heard any crowing yet.
This one has stayed red in the face for weeks, but is impossible to catch, so I couldn't ask earlier. As time goes on, I'm more confused as to what gender it is. Especially with the darkening (black) on it's comb.
Middle tail feathers are just starting to come in- red
Hatchmates- I...
Good...ish. :) The broody has recognized the weak chick and is trying to balance teaching the strong ones how to eat/ drink while trying to remember to keep the silkie warm. She's 20 hours old now. She is still super wobbly (perhaps from the curled toes) but maybe she's just young? Trying to...