First time raising Seabrights and Wyandotte Bantams. Do these 7-week-old chicks look like Pullets or Roos? The seabrights have such diverse combs, and I don't see oversized waddles yet. Also, the Wyandottes were so much bigger in the earlier weeks and i thought they were roos, but now I'm...
I bought 6 chicks from a local hardware store this spring, they were labeled as EE chicks but I have raised EE chickens in the past that had the Ameraucana in the past but these are looking a little different. Instead of the puff cheek feathers my last ones had, these has a tuff on top of the...
After 10 years of not having chickens, we are back at it again. I have 6 EE and 6 Sapphire that we bought from a local hardware store several weeks ago. Im pretty sure the EE are pullets but the Sapphire's I am not sure. Do you see any roos in these pics?
I have some chicks that I raised from incubator...One of them I thought was a hen until it started to eat more and grow quicker and bigger. Big feet no spurs and he does not CROW...
I believe these might be roos too...can anyone confirm?
Ok this is my first go around with broody hen. I have a few questions,
1) she is not the top hen on the hen pole and gets kicked off of her eggs so that the other hens who are above her on the pecking order will lay in her nest. She paiently waits and jumps back on when they are done. There are...
One of my hens died yesterday...sh had been looking sick..head hanging down, moving slow, fed her yogurt/eggs ...but she died...then found one of my favorites today laying down..labored breathing..raspy type breathing...She was fine this morning....I dont know whats going on...it has been 115...
I have a young hen..has a egg flopping out side of her vent...actually it looks like she doesnt have a hole...I can see her poop hole but the egg is like stuck behind the skin....What do I do?
I got some hens on the Feb 5th as day olds, 132 days old and two of them are laying. I have some Mc Murray Americanas, Some Buffs, and Silver Laced Wyandottes. I have been getting 1 little blue egg and 1 little dark brown egg a day. Isnt it a little early for them to be laying? We are...
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Who would of though you could sex a chic by looking at the wings?
Tonight the count down went to o days and still nothing...When I candled at 11-12 days I saw movement in all three...at 18 days I could not see through it anymore and was dark. the only thing i could see was the air pocket on all three at the big end of egg. I hope they are late bloomers...
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I got these from a lady down the street when they were 1-2 weeks old..they have grown into healthy chickens but two came out to be roo's.
What do think they are..I love the red roo's he is younger than the white one but the red one rules the roost.
I have three hens two black ones and one...
Ok so a rooster shows up in my back yard at least I think it is.....So I decided to build a coop wich is still in progress...and raise me some chickens !!! I am so fired up and so are the kids. We live in a Rual Community 1 hour outside of Vegas. I went down the street to a lady who has a ton...