This one chick (3 weeks old) seems to be getting bigger than my other 7. The feet are bigger and it is a bit taller than the others as well. Do I have a Roo? It's a very friendly Easter Egger.
She was fine just a few hours ago and running around in her pen with the others. It seemed she hurt her neck somehow. She doesn't appear to be pecked and there is no blood or wounds that I can see. She appeared to be trying to pick her head up but couldn't. She was laying on her side with her...
I was just given two chickens approx 4 months? My neighbor got them for me as a Christmas gift since we lost 5 of our 7 girls last Spring to a neighbors' pitbull who tore the side off our run to get in after them. They look like Eggers to me but I am not sure. One has grayish flecks and the...
Is this normal? My first flock was when we lived in NH (left them with the house we sold) and they began laying eggs around 20 weeks. We are in Eastern NC and got chicks in June. They will be 24 weeks old tomorrow but I have yet to see any eggs. I have 2 Buff Orpingtons (I heard they are slower...
I had NH Reds when I lived in NH. Hubby and I have retired to Eastern NC and would like to get NH Reds chicks again. Are they the same as ISA Browns? I have seen a description and photos and they look the same to me.