I've been reading up a bit about Ameraucana vs Easter Eggers and have come to a point of confusion (for me). If a male and female Ameraucana of two different colors hatched chicks, would those chicks be considered EEs? Or would those chicks fit the mold for the coloring of one or other of the...
I have a broody hen who was hatching 4 eggs. Three had hatched by last night and I thought maybe the last one wouldn't be hatching at all as it had been several hours (At least 8 maybe 12 hours) since the third one hatched. I lifted her up barely to see what I could see and low and behold the...
I snuck out into the night tonight and put 6 fertile eggs under our broody hen, Cutie. Since January she has been broody more than she hasn't, so, I've finally given her what she's been wanting- the chance to be a momma! I'm hoping that now that the eggs are under her she doesn't kick the urge...
I have a hen who became injured and stopped laying. She has healed now and seems to be doing well. How long until she should start laying again? It's been about 2 weeks since she's been healthy again.
I have two Easter Eggers that started laying about 1 month and a half ago. They are buddies and like to be together. One of them became injured about a week ago and hasn't been laying, which I would expect. What I didn't expect is that the other EE stopped laying too. She hasn't laid one egg...
My 6 month old easter egger has an injured foot! She will not put any weight on it and was hopping around the coop/run on one foot. Eventually she just sat on the ground and refused to move at all.
When I got her out this is what I saw...
The yellowish part of her foot is a flap of...
I'm so excited about this egg rainbow! We got our first chicks in the beginning of March. When I was picking out breeds for our little flock this is what I envisioned; lots of colored eggs! I think I'd like to add a Maran (I think they can lay a dark brown egg?) and maybe a Leghorn or something...
I'm trying to figure how my feed choice may be effecting laying in one of my chickens. My gold sexlink was the first to start laying a couple of months ago. She was laying daily for several weeks. Most of my other birds are laying now but Miss Piggy (GSL) hasn't laid for about a week now and...
I got this bird as a day old chick on March 14th. A couple of months ago I was told that we had a cockerel because of some white on the wing bows. Now that some time has gone by, the white that was on the wings has mostly blended into the rest of the lacing pattern. So, now I'm curious, does...
Can you help me figure out if I have pullets or cockerels?
This is my 7.5 week old Silver Laced Wyandotte. Her comb is quite red but her legs seem small.
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This is one of my 8.5 week old EEs. (They were sold as Americaunas but I don't think that's what they are.)...
Hello all! I am excited to be here on BYC! A little about me:
- Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens and just got my chicks about two months ago. I am amazed at how quickly they have grown and how quickly they've captured my heart. I have been on...