I’m no bird genius but knowing what I know about chickens, either way they’d be wandering about. A lot of new information to absorb, fear, uncertainty. They’re damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Just gotta find some food, shelter etc. If they feel safe doing so - they’ll be strolling...
She bounced back miraculously - is now fattening up and hopping about with the others. She's actually much friendlier than she was before the sickness - probably got used to being force fed and bathed and kept in a penthouse.
If there are no predators such as your cat or your chickens, leave them - as posted above, a lot of birds leave the nest before they can fly. Wildlife rehab/rescue get overwhelmed this time of year with well-meaning folks bringing in birds that ought to do just fine - get them into a hedgerow or...
here’s our Serama, “Budget”, at 3 weeks! We put her/him, two pekins and another serama (that sadly didn’t make it), under our broody-in-November hen. After a week, the broody hen rejected her because she had a bit of a pasty butt and seemed to be struggling. We ended up moving the hen out as she...
They are white, i think the combo of the shadow/shooting a pic in a nest box with no flash has made it look a bit weird.
surprised if they hatch at all and whatever comes out will be well loved all the same
this post is a bit cross-purpose.
One of our hens has been broody for about 4 weeks now and we don’t have a mature rooster. She’s lost a lot of weight and half her feathers - she’s a frizzle, about 18 months.
We bought her and her nest inside and have been fattening her up. We’ve put her on...
Her and her sister never liked the brooder and slept under a teddy from day1 instead. They’re perfect, don’t care for snacks but crave human attention.
well this girl is turning out interesting so I thought I’d share... she has black spots on her back too.
Rooster: partridge Cochin x lavender pekin
Hen: chamois polish
Result at 7 weeks:
Yeah I always figured he might be. So far, extremely quiet and passive though. Are silkie roosters badasses or chill - or just depends on the individual? We had to dispatch his friend from the same hatch at about 7 weeks cause he was already crowing and fighting anything that moved. Truly the...
Alright so I’ve waited a bit longer to post again. This time some more pics. One month on - let’s see if it’s any clearer. About 10/11 weeks old now. Looks kinda roosterish to me. But very quiet and calm.
we tried to hatch some serama with no luck but our two control eggs did make it. They’re interesting. Father was lavender carrying partridge Cochin bantam. One mother was chamois polish, the other was a frizzle god knows what. I think there might be a touch of lavender in the polish and the...