I met with a breeder and purchased 8 cute little Blue/Black Copper Marans, and stopped at the feed store on the way home to get a bag of chick starter. I talked to the counter clerk about my new chicks and my chickens at home, then the stockroom clerk loaded the feed in my car. All the chicks...
I have a 14 month old Gold Laced Wyandotte hen who can't stand up. She has been hanging back from the flock for a couple days, then 4 days ago I went to feed in the morning and she was sitting in the corner of the coop instead of outside with the rest of the girls. When I put the food out, she...
I have two Black Copper Marans that are both 5 1/2 weeks old from the same breeder. I am certain that #2 is a pullet and was fairly sure that #1 was a cockerel because it has a larger and pinker comb... until I got 2 new Wheaten Marans chicks and put them in the same brooder. Normally I have...
I have 2 Black Copper Marans that are 6.5 weeks old. I have been saying the are cockerels from about 3 weeks old when they really started developing their combs and wattles. My Dad insists that I am jumping the gun and they are pullets. (I think he is in denial.) If I separate the feathers...