Just wondering if I'm right thinking all of these are cockerels? I know silkies are really hard to tell, but is the cochin/silkie X pretty obvious? I thought pic 2 was a pullet until she crowed (or what approximated a crow). They are 14 weeks old.
Just wondering if I'm right thinking all of these are cockerels? I know silkies are really hard to tell, but is the cockin/silkie X pretty obvious? I thought pic 2 was a pullet until she crowed (or what approximated a crow). They are 14 weeks old.
I adopted a couple of hens who had been in a confined space used for egg production. They are very happy in their new coop, but do not go up on the roosts, & seem to be sleeping in the nest boxes or on the floor in some straw. Will they pass on this habit to our young pullets when I put them...
Hi ... I'm new to this forum. Noticed a comment about going straight to summer. We seem to have done the same here in Ontario, though I'm not going to complain after the long, long, winter - but the temps are really up and down. I'm finding it hard to regulate the heat for my chicks (4 weeks...
Hi, one of my Columbian Rock X chicks has started running (or walking) backward, swinging its head side to side, sometimes while dragging its beak in the sand. Any ideas what the heck its doing?