No that’s just an alternative cause for the sitting around puffed up but I have the Corid so I’m using it. My BCMs I feel are susceptible to it and I haven’t treated them before so it’s time to err on the side of caution.
I have never tried this. I had some Delawares that would perch on my shins when I sat in a chair on the back porch but that was in suburbia where I imagine my chickens were a little starved for entertainment. The way things stand now I only have one chicken that seems remotely interested in me...
I am one of those people 🤣 Not because I think it could be a cockerel but because I don’t like chickens near my face. I am sure there is some behavioral line between dominance behavior and thinking you’re a safe tree I just have no interest in exploring it. I’ve had hens fly at me while I had my...
I have no idea what the deal is cause mine doesn’t even sleep with the rest of the chickens—the rooster sleeps alone in a tree above the coop full of hens and I have no idea where she sleeps. She just pops by once a day to eat with him. He has never even mated with her that I’ve seen
I’ve only had a rooster recently and I noticed that when laying starts there can be some drama. I haven’t seen a hen beat another one up in that precise scenario but I have a game hen who won’t let any of the other girls eat with her when the rooster is around. If he’s off somewhere she will...
So genetically your pullet is an Ameraucana not an Americana/Easter Egger. But if you try to show her or breed her you will run into some road blocks. But it doesn’t sound like that is an issue. You have a pretty pullet that will lay lovely blue eggs!
Murray McMurray does have Ameraucanas but they are not bred to meet the SOP. If you read the description of their Ameraucanas on the website you will find this:
And this:
I’ve decided BCMs are no longer my favorite chickens lol. I got two from a hatchery (don’t know which because technically I bought them as pullets from a guy who makes a business of growing chicks out) and they are just not good birds. The one that lays consistently lays oblong eggs—like a...
The wood on that second one will last about two years if you get any kind of moisture. Not to mention hanging nesting boxes are just designed to fail. I would go with the first one as well.