Hi all, I have 4 six week old chicks. The one with the yellow head is an Easter egger, the darker brown is an olive egger, the all black with some white on chest is supposed to be a black Australorp, and the black with the rust colored feathers around the neck is a blue copper maran. These are...
Ohh this made my day!! I love my older speckled Sussex. She’s 4 now. I’ve always wanted more and this was the first year I could get them and then I’ve been so worried one or both were roosters. Thank you!!
Hi all, I bought two speckled Sussex chicks that are now 10 weeks old. They look different so one must be a cockerel. Any idea which one? The one with the shorter tail has greenish feathers but rounded neck feathers. The one with the longer tail has brown feathers and pointier neck feathers...
My daughter was definitely part of the problem. The hens were hers before they were his and she likes to handle them and he was not happy about that. He started to randomly run at her and I understood that he was being territorial but then he came at me for no reason and I tried working with it...
He’s so handsome! Totally different coloring. I see it now. And his comb is much bigger and tail is more upright.
I was so confident I pulled a pullet out of the bin at the feed store and then when the red comb showed up, I was worried. I’ve never owned a barred rock so now I know all the...
Oh thank god! I was thinking we were all good and then those feathers popped out and I got nervous. Glad you think she’s still a pullet. I’ll keep posting as she grows.
Thank you both! They sold out before I could get them but I may try for more of another one of my hens goes broody. I love their look and it sounds like they could get along just fine. I do have a separate small coop within my larger one so I could give them their own space with the silkies if...
Hi all,
I have a mixed flock of 13 - Orpingtons, Cochins, Silkies, a Speckled Sussex, and Barred Rock. Our local feed store has cream barbanters and I’m tempted to get 2. Would they do well with the others? The Cochins can be bullies to the silkies so I’m worried about the feathery heads and if...
Ohh this is good to see! I think mine is on the same track. Really hoping she’s a she. My daughter loves her. I just had a rooster I had to rehome because he chased my kids and don’t want to deal with that again.
Updated pictures with better lighting. She’s 4+ weeks now. I actually wonder if she’s a bit older as the feed store said she was over a week when I got her.