Can anyone tell yet if these are hens or roos? I think these are a little more clear than the others I posted before. Do I need to wait more for the crest on the Polish?
My babies are getting to be about 2-3weeks and I want to find new homes for the cockerels before the crowing starts if possible (1 cranky neighbor would start trouble if I kept 1). Any help in sexing appreciated. I haven't had much experience with it so here's my best guesses. Anyone who knows...
I've never had a sick chicky before. I have a 5 month old Silkie who is having runny amber colored poop, acting lethargic, and tonight I discovered her sleeping outside the coop away from the flock. I just tonight started Poly vi sol (w/o iron) in the flock water. I have 4 other chickies who are...
I've been thinking about adding to my small flock but would prefer to get chicks again and introduce them to my hens. I'm a little hesitant as I don't know how my hens will react. I have 2 GLWs one dominant(Creepers) and one submissive(Thelma)- I would like to get different breeds too (thinking...
I have 2 Gold Laced Wyandottes that are 1 year old. Both lay regularly and usually give me a medium size egg. Recently, my dominant girl gave me an egg 3x her normal size. Is this a fluke or can I do something that would increase my chances of her doing it again. The only explanation I could...
My 2 GLW girls just turned 6 months and have just started laying this week. I got 1 egg on the first day, none on the second, and 2 on the third. I had only been feeding them Dumor crumbles for layers (it said it was a complete formula that would not need extra calcium) but decided to add oyster...
Hi, my name is Valli and I am new to the forum. I just started raising chickens and have 3 7 week old wyandottes that I got when they were a day old. This is new territory for me as I've never had any aviary animals, but so far I am enjoying it. I am glad to have found BYC. There are a lot of...
I am new to raising chickens and have been looking at info to figure out the sex of 2 of my wyandottes. Can anyone help me out here? I think they are both roos but would love some confirmation or correction. Thanks!
Here is #1:
Here is a shot of the other:
And here they are together: