I have an issue where i appear to have 5 broody chicken hens and 1 broody muscovy duck. The problem is that they have all taken up residence in the one chicken coop and no one chicken can remember whose eggs are whose and on top of that i have more chickens laying under my broody hens. i don't...
So i have a Muscovy duck who has started laying. i am super happy about this but she has started laying in my chicken coop in one of the hen bays. On the one hand this is GREAT, i love the spot she picked, the problem is that at night the chickens often sleep in that bay. which means the...
So this morning i went and let all my birds out to start their day of chicken and ducky activities. Then i went about my other daily animal chores, and i noticed my little muscovy hen head into the chicken coop. Well she settled right in and made herself at home, i later came back to discover...
So now the chicks have grow, they are six weeks old, i know i have (NOT PICTURED) a langshans, an Egyptian Fyoumi, and (He did get into the pictures) a Polish of some white colormorph. But what are these three? the black one in the picture has 5 toes,
Technically the possibilities are...
I Have three silkies, i bought them from a lady who's children are in 4H and they raised the chickens for that.
When i bought the silkies in august, the lady said they should start laying in September. sure enough in September what i was told was three hens turned out to be a rooster and two...
1.) the chick with black and yellow mottled coloration has fluff on his legs.
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3.) oddly enough although none of the possible breed i list below have five toes, this chick does.
4.) the picture below im pretty sure is a polish due to the fluffier head
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ok so i have been given these 6 chicks but i dont know what i have. i am under the impression that they are possibly, polish, minorca, cornish, fayoumi, crevecoeur, lakenvelder, kraienkoppe, langshan, or sussexs
any guesses?
I was wondering, i have a 2 Silkie pullets that have not yet lain any eggs, and my neighbour just received an order of chicks, and they gave me a few of the chicks which i am currently brooding, inside in a little brooder, but i was wondering if by any chance i could get the Silkie pullets to to...
Has anyone ever ordered the super assorted chicken pack from Sand Hill Preservation? Do they actually tell you which breeds they send? and can you tell which is which right away or do you have to wait till they have grown to figure out which breed is which?