I have two Appenzeller Spitzhauben, one pullet and one cockerel in a mixed flock. The pullet started laying right at 4 months even though it is fall, and has given me 5 plus medium sized eggs a week this past month. The cockerel is a little gentleman with the hens, not at all aggressive as many...
I have a small flock of two month old chickens. They have an 8' x 8' coop with a 8' x 16' covered run attached, surrounded by a fenced chicken yard that's 24' by 64'. The chicken yard has a hot wire to keep my dog out and is surrounded by the dog's yard to keep other critters out. The run is...
I was hoping it was an actual breed. I like the small round crests. I find the huge polish crests too much, as they interfere with the birds vision. I agree that the color is likely artistic licence. But wouldn't they be beautiful if they were a true color.
I found these prints on-line and I want to know if they are from a real breed of chicken, and if so what breed? Do they still exist? The birds appear to be crested, bearded and have slight feathering on four toed feet. I don't know if their color pattern is a real chicken pattern or an artist's...
Thanks, I was hoping for at least one more pullet. They are all supposed to be bantams. The brown OEG is the smallest of them but she is fierce.
When they were less then two weeks old I had to seperate her and put her with my 3 week old Dorking chicks because she was pecking the toes of the...
May be a cockerel, however, I had an EE who's comb was a bit larger and redder then the others. She turned out to be a pullet and was the first by about 2 weeks to lay eggs. Because EE's are a mix of breeds they don't all mature at the same rates. I'd wait tell Lola either crows, gets much...
So do you think this boy is a silkie cross? He's a bantam I got from Tractor Supply and he is 10 weeks old and crowing. Feathered feet, 4 toes, black skin red wattles and a purple comb. He has beautiful blue, green and purple highlights on his black feathers and now copper red feathers are...
Here are some better pictures. I would love to have more pullets, but the tail length, and the size had me thinking cockerel on the self blue.
One with the OEG to show size difference.
OEG by herself
I have some Bantams and I'm afraid that all but two are cockerels. These little guys are 10 weeks old. I think these are their breeds and genders. I'd love to be wrong and have more pullets then I think I do. Click on the pictures for a larger version.
Silkie and Porcelian d'Uccle,
both...