Along with my most recent acquisitions of birds, one thing led to another and we got quail. A few months ago we had 9 of them, but a raccoon got in and 7 either escaped/met their end. Of the two we have left, one is definitely a male. The other we are unsure of. We believe she is a she, as she...
We got some Easter eggers from tractor supply this spring, and they were received/labeled as pullets. One of them started looking a bit different. They are a bit over two months old at the moment. Just wanted to double check before giving him away, as we already have a fully grown roo.
We have both a rooster and a hen that we got when they were babies from Tractor Supply. They had both started out completely black when they were a few days old, but then around 3 weeks they both started getting brown on their breasts. The rooster continued getting brown until he turned into...
A while ago, we decided to get a few chickens for a small backyard coop, after having to give away our flock several years ago due to predators and other problems at the time. We recently got several new chicks, and raised them from day old hatchlings about mid-March. We took in four white...