My hatchery surprise arrived this morning and I'd like help ID'ing them please. It looks like everything was sent in pairs, and I've broken them up into groups based on coloring. They are from cackle hatchery.
Set 1 - ?
Set 2 - it's hard to tell, but one pair has white headspots, the...
Here are my 2 dominiques. I think I have one of each.
Here they are at 2 weeks:
The head spots are different and so is the barring on the wings.
Here they are today, 4 weeks old.
First picture has both:
Here's the one I think is a boy:
and here's the one I think is a girl...
I picked up two bantams from the feed store. They get their chicks from Ideal.
I think I know what one is, but the other? I made a list of the breeds of clean-legged bantams that Ideal has, if anyone could at least eliminate any options... They are 4 weeks old.
This one I believe is a...
I ordered 7 "Ameracauna" pullets from Farwest Hatchery. After reading a bunch of different threads, I don't think I got all pullets. What do you think? They're two weeks old:
They're sorted by coloring.
My two little greys first:
Now the browns:
And the last three - the...
I have 2 straight run one week old black copper marans chicks. Today I noticed that while they both have the same amount of wing feathers, one has copper-y color specks in the new itty-bitty feathers while the other one's wings are solid black. Does this mean I have one of each? Or is it too...
I picked up 8 chicks at the feed store on 3/31, it was "free chick day" (buy chick feed and get free chicks) All the chicks looked the same in the bin, and the employee said that all they had left was white leghorns. Upon closer inspection, I noticed one has green legs.
She looks exactly...
Saturday was Free Chick Day at Coastal Farm and Ranch.
5 free pullets when you buy 25lbs of chick starter. Not to mention pretty good sales on all chicken-y stuff.
As I am patiently awaiting the arrival of my first batch of chicks, I waited until after lunch to venture into Coastal...
Hi,
I've been a lurker for quite a while as I research my chicken endeavor. My Mr and I are getting down to the nitty-gritty design process for the coop, and I'm looking for a bit of clarity - I'm trying to determine the definition of "coop".
In terms of sqft per bird, a coop is the...