I was worried Ivan would be a Cockerel because of the green tint to the tail feathers.
If its a cockerel then its back to the safari park, if its a hen then we keep her and get her some company. We have never kept chickens so really want this one to be a hen.
If its a cockerel then no chickens...
Well its the first time he has had it in with him. He doesn't over endulge himself as he as stopped now. He has eaten some food and settled on his straw.
An over concered first time chicken keeper and he (she) is are only one. Hand reared from hatching so you can probably forgive our worrying...
Ivan 'the lone jungle fowl' has developed a green tint on his tail feathers. The green only shows up in some light like an oily residue colour (color). Could this be a hint of a male?
Say it isn't so! He (she) is eight weeks this coming saturday and we only have this one chicken, if its a boy...
Cant be sure it is 100% jungle fowl as they are are kept with domestic chicken at the park. The mother was a jungle fowl but as we cant be sure she is 100% either, they are not in a breeding programme hence living with the domestic chucks.
Ivan wont breed with jungle fowl as his blood line may...
Jungle fowl are the original chicken. They come from India and all our domestic chickens have come from them. They are endangered because people are releasing domestic fowl by accident in india which hybridise with the jungle fowl.
Jungle fowl never took off because they're not good eating as...
You should of seen him on day one when he'd dried up. I'll get the earlier pictures put on the forum from my phone.
My girlfriend takes him everywhere.
If Ivan does turn out to be a hen, she will be called Ivana...Ivana Lay-an-egg.
Hand reared when he was left behind by the others at a safari park in the north west of england.
We heated little Ivan up and he came alive, does he live with us or return to the safari park is dependant on whether it is a roo or hen. Any guesses would be welcomed.
Here are the pictures;
Don't worry,
Our first ever chick is the same situation as you.
My girlfriend has the chick all day and at night it goes in a box with a towel on top. We hang a mop head up in the box and a hot water bottle underneath the mop head. The little chick jumps into the mop head on his bottle and...