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  1. Chicalina

    Barnevelders more mature than all the other chickens?

    Ok so I dug out a photo of my Barnevelder cockerel at 16 weeks old for you to compare. He has the start of male feathering coming in but is very behind other cockerels in development. Yours are looking pullety more to me now. Hope that's helpful.
  2. Chicalina

    Barnevelders more mature than all the other chickens?

    Barnevelders are notoriously slow to develop, especially the males. That's my experience as well. It's possible that what you have are two slow growing cockerels. Their shapes and faces look pullety to me but those photos aren't close up enough.
  3. Chicalina

    Barnevelders more mature than all the other chickens?

    Why do you say they are "the most advanced"? What do you mean by that exactly?
  4. Chicalina

    If the mother hatches chicks

    On the day or two they spend hatching, I often give my broody hen some wet scrambled egg, as she isn't leaving the nest to eat or drink at all at this stage. It gives her some fluids and calories to keep going. Here she is having an evening snack just before I tucked her in for the night. 4 of...
  5. Chicalina

    Exotic Wyandotte colour

    Thanks Amer. I've just had a blue chick hatch today from an egg that I think could be hers.
  6. Chicalina

    New Hoop Coop/Run

    Yes, or at least only on the top for at least half of the run. Mine love a good rain bath and I have two runs they can access, a dry one with a roof, and an open one under trees. There are places to shelter from the rain in the open one but they don't bother.
  7. Chicalina

    OMG everybody's Broody!

    They try that a bit but it's not very effective. The hormones seem to need a small enclosed darker space to REALLY proliferate. So they all snap out of it in 2 or 3 days with no nest box to sit in.
  8. Chicalina

    Exotic Wyandotte colour

    I think you are right about dominant white, and wouldn't that cover any black/blue? The other birds the breeder had were silver pencilled, silver blue pencilled, red pencilled, and the buff/gold pencilled you see in the photo. I don't think my hen is blue or splash. Her white is yellowy. No...
  9. Chicalina

    New chicks not vaccinated, on non-medicated feed. Should I give Amprolium as a preventative?

    Just switch to medicated feed. Simple.
  10. Chicalina

    If the mother hatches chicks

    I separate the mother and chicks for 1 to 2 weeks, but still where the flock can see them. This is because I had some losses one time with chicks that didn't stay super close and mama hen couldn't keep track of them all, and another hen pecked them dead. They were so tiny and vulnerable. At 1...
  11. Chicalina

    New Hoop Coop/Run

    Oh I see. The two end walls don't have plastic on them? That's good. Have you got an outdoor thermometer? I'd probably take some readings in different places in the coop just to make sure it's not heating up like a greenhouse. So it's hot and humid where you are? Does it rain a lot? I'm...
  12. Chicalina

    OMG everybody's Broody!

    It's just that time of year! Plus it's contagious. I have 3 broody out of 9 hens right now. Forget broody jail, I just close off the nest box for a few days and don't let anyone access it. Sure, they lay a few eggs on the coop floor but that doesn't matter, it's only temporary. When they can...
  13. Chicalina

    Best plug-in door?

    You can use a smart plug that is controlled remotely via wifi. Something like TP Link Tapo.
  14. Chicalina

    New Hoop Coop/Run

    That's a lot of plastic. Where is the ventilation? Are they going to roost in the open at night in the run, or do you have a separate coop (house/shed) for night sleeping? Geese are messy. They will create wet mess. That will make condensation on all that plastic. Where are you and what is...
  15. Chicalina

    Exotic Wyandotte colour

    Thanks! I just found the original sale listing and the photos are still there. Do you think these two could be her parents?
  16. Chicalina

    No tail but cute as a button! What am I?

    Being slower to feather out is a likely male trait. If you see a marked difference between this one and its same breed/same age siblings, then it's probably a cockerel.
  17. Chicalina

    I'm a little confused. Hen or roo?

    They will be laying soon!
  18. Chicalina

    Rooster or Hen? 10 week bantams

    They are both cockerels. Sorry!
  19. Chicalina

    Once and for all scaly leg mite treatment?

    Thanks for the recommendation. That's really quite expensive though. It looks like a quality product but perhaps I could just get some essential cade oil and mix it into a carrier oil like they do? I checked the ingredients and it's got juniper oxycedrus essential oil (cade) and castor oil as...
  20. Chicalina

    Exotic Wyandotte colour

    I hatched this wyandotte bantam hen from a breeder's eggs. The egg should have been blue silver pencilled. It was not. I found a specialist UK breeder who breeds Pyle Partridge birds as she looks similar to his and I sent him a photo but he never replied. She definitely has either pencilled or...
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