I have two bantams that I just can't seem to figure out. Any guesses? Both are just over 4 weeks old.
Here is Kiwi, our darker and slightly larger bantam. Slate legs and muff have me leaning towards Blue Ameraucana. Any thoughts?
Here is Minnie. She has been much slower...
We would love to hear your input on the breeds of these three mystery birds. Thanks for your help!!
Mystery Frizzle (below):
Light Blue Bantam has feathered legs (below):
Dark Blue Bantam (below):
Our 10 month old EE seems to have died in her sleep last night. I dropped off some brussel sprout clippings about 6:30pm last night and tucked them in and all was well. She happily pecked them out of my hand. This afternoon when I went to collect eggs I found her dead, on the bottom of the...
We have a friendly White Crested Blue Polish Rooster in need of a new home. He was going to be our one rooster to keep but the ladies won't stop pecking out his "poof" feathers. Probably needs to go to a home with other Crested Polishes.
He is my daughter's favorite chicken so he has spent a...
This RIR has some funky tail feathers and a bit larger of a comb than I was thinking "she" should have. We only have one so I have nothing to compare to. Any guesses or ideas on how to identify? Many, many thanks!!
Meet Gimpy a.k.a. Bitty our rehab chick. She's 6 weeks old but her comb is darker pink than our other wyandottes at the same age. Any guesses on lady or roo? This one seemed to mature slower than the others but she went through 2 weeks of therapy on her leg that I think may have slowed her...
We have 8 chicks this spring but only 1 Speckled Sussex. According to all the "sexing research" I've done on this site I have a little SS that appears to be both lady and roo! His large pink comb and slight waddle development indicate a roo but her long slender body, lack of white chest and...
We are raising our first set of baby chicks so this is all new to me. I've done extensive research but I just can't put my finger on our little chick's problem...
We have an 11 day old Silver Laced Wyandotte who is limping around. One leg is perfectly normal and the other she holds up close...