Well the decision was made for me. I went out to check on the chicks under my big hen only to find that a different hen had pushed the bantem off her eggs and was sitting on them. There had been 4 eggs this morning but I could only find two, one of which was all bloody!
After checking the new...
I've been dealing with very young broody hens all summer. Most have gotten through it on their own.
At the end of August my daughter found a small stash of eggs and since we don't have an incubater decided to let one of our hens do the work. Only one chick survived no thanks to momma- a birchen...
I didn't list my female americaunias nor my salmon faverolle as possible mothers since the egg was not blue nor does the chick have 5 toes. Was I wrong to big include them?
And no, I don't have any fluffy cheeked males.
I recently let one of my broody hens sit on a couple eggs (not her own) and we had one hatch. The egg was large cream - light tan in color. I'm pretty sure the father was my lakenvelder, the hen I've no idea. I have sapphire gems, dominiques, Rhode Island reds, buff cochin and gold lace wing...
Well, just to update...I have two roosters! I've caught both of them crowing at each other on several occasions.
And Willospirit, I wished you were closer too! One roo is fine but two is too much. Especially since I now have no LV hens! Lol!
They are both approx 9-10 weeks old.
Your the second to say that #2 was the rooster, but #1 is the one that has been caught trying to crow.
They both have those newly forming little bumps on the inside back of their legs.
Alrighty, I might have two roosters on my hands. The sweet one that was hurt it seems is the one that has been trying to crow! Here are some pics then both.
#1 is the sweetie that got hurt and the one that's been trying to crow
#2 is my feisty chicky.
In the last Pic is just the legs of #2...
Thanks! Like I said, the only time I'd seen this before was as a kid with fertilized eggs. My grandma always told us to just pick it out and eat the dang egg! LOL!
Okay, I didn't really know where to ask this.
I cracked an egg for breakfast this morning and found this bloody little surprise Is this normal? I've had chickens a couple years now and never had this happen.
I grew up on a farm and remember getting eggs like this that were fertilized, but I...
I decided to get a couple lakenvelder chicks early in February. They were supposed to be female but I'm not too sure about one of them. It's pretty feisty and all of a sudden just the other day it jumped its sister and bloodied her up enough I had to separate her from the flock till she healed...
Good luck on your impending arrival! I personally don't think I'll order chick's again until much later in the spring. Thought I'd get a jump on things this year and ordered at the beginning of February I got the chicks about 1 1/2 weeks ago, but half of them unfortunately were already dead by...