My Ameraucan "Fat Amy" was a year old the end of March. She didn't lay her first egg until February at almost 11 months old. She was the last of my flock to lay. Her first egg was a normal egg but on the small side. She then didn't lay for several days and then we had a soft shelled egg that...
I am a new chicken Momma with my oldest girls being 40 weeks. I have 2 silkies that are 30 weeks old. Last week, I noticed my Silkie Ruby spending all her time in the nesting box. Being new to all of this it took several days for me to figure out that she was broody and a few more to figure...
Our Barred Rock is 27 weeks tomorrow. She was the first of our girls to start the submissive squat over 6 weeks ago and was also the first to check out the nesting boxes. She spends a lot of time rearranging them and gets all cuddled up inside and will sit in there for long periods of time but...
I am looking for help with finding the gender of my chicks, please...
Barred Rock- 8 weeks old.
I'm thinking pullet?
Blue Laced Red Wyandotte- 8 weeks
Pullet?
Delaware - 8 weeks
Pullet?
Amaerucana- 8 weeks
Pullet?
Barnvelder- 8 weeks
Cockerel?
Starting to make some crow-ish sounds-...
Hi all,
I am new to online forums. I have read many but never joined and participated. Feeling a little overwhelmed but I think I will get the hang of it. lol. I really enjoy this sight and have gotten SO much useful information here.
My family and I are new to backyard chickens. We...