Hi Pea people!
A gorgeous white peahen showed up out of nowhere on our property yesterday and was socializing with our chickens and eating some of their food and treats! I have no clue where she came from. She walked off into the woods after a while and hasn’t returned today. Our nearest...
I’ve heard that auto-sexing with Barred Rock chicks is about 80% accurate. This little one has had me wondering pretty much since week one whether it’s a pullet or cockerel based on the comb and wattles alone. Other than the comb and wattles I’m not really sure what to go off of at this point...
Two of my four 2-week old chicks have fresh wounds. They did not have these yesterday! The other two have no wounds. What could this be from?? Are they hurting each other? There was none of this with the other seven older chicks who were in the same brooder when they were little. I don’t think...
My 7-week old Faverolles cockerel, Dale, already seems aggressive to me, but I’m not sure if it’s just rooster behavior and establishing his dominance in the flock. Never had roosters before.
There are six pullets (all 7 weeks as well). He seems to pick on every single one of the girls. Just...
I purchased day-old chicks today to add to my existing flock of seven 6ish-week old chicks (one is a cockerel). I did so because I originally planned for eight hens - one died the day I bought it, I replaced it, a second died the next day, and one turned out to be a cockerel, so I am down to six...
Out of the seven "pullets" I purchased, one of them is for sure a cockerel, and one is almost definitely. I'm now getting a bit paranoid that I have more. I am certain that of the five others, two are pullets (a lavender EE and a cream Brabanter), but there are three I'm now on the fence about...
I recently started my first flock of what were supposed to be all pullets, but it’s looking like two of the seven I purchased are cockerels - a Salmon Faverolles and a Black Australorp (thanks to those on here who helped me ID them!). They are currently 4ish weeks old. I’m planning to get more...
Hi there! I grew up raising chickens, but we always just had 3-4 at a time and even though we did take good care of them, we didn’t know much about them. Now as an adult, I am taking it more seriously and just started my own flock a few weeks ago.
I’m pretty sure I already know the answer, but is this Salmon Faverolles chick a roo? I’ve heard black feathering automatically tells you it is…if so, Laura needs a name change!