Finally they are old enough that hopefully I can get some answers. Everyone else in the brooder is pretty obvious. Please help me decide if I have pullets or cockerels.
This is Jojo. Some copper feathering in wing feathers.
This is Tootie. Mostly black with some copper in neck.
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I have noticed over the last week or so that my 5-6 week old welsummer cockerel has had some brittle feathers I guess. All of his long wing feathers have broken off ends on them which seemed kind of strange but I was not too alarmed. Today I noticed that he is in the corner of the brooder...
This is popcorn. Its the only one out of eleven that I am looking at a little suspiciously (at the moment although there might be a black copper maran chick post quite soon). Let me know what you think about popcorn. It is a Calico Cochin about 4 weeks old. Thanks for looking!
Probably too...
I have a chick that is acting very tired. Falls to one side to sleep. You pick her up and she pretty well falls asleep immediately. Im perplexed. I don't know what is wrong or what i can do for her with what I have in house. No pasty butt, and everyone else seems to be warm enough, no...
I hatched out 3 Buff orpington rooster over welsummer chicks and I thought I would share the grown and laying results so that anyone else who was hatching out this cross would know what to expect. They are quite lovely! I have 2 hens and 1 rooster. I don't understand why the rooster has cheek...
These are my first hatch babies. Dad was a EE RIR cross. Moms could be BO, BR, GLW, or EE. Their names are whoa black betty, Amelia, Wendi, and Wanda. Did'nt name the roo cause chances are he wont be around (too bad for him). Some nice beards and tufts on all but one pullet. Not the...
I have an old girl that started doing badly about 5 days ago. She isnt eating or drinking and i dont know what the problem is. The only thing i know she probably had was gleet. But she is passing these masses they are white and range in size from old chewed gum to a chicken nugget. I think...
Found him in the coop, feathers everywhere, no insides, beak and comb gone. I have a very secure coop with an automatic door, raised coop, windows are hardware clothed ect. I found no entry points and my hens have no injuries or blood on them. I am so confused. Please help.
I got a buff orpington cockerel on accident but since I love them was actually looking forward to keeping him to breed. He is 16 weeks and is jumpy and bossy with the others. Will his bad behavior change or is he no good. I also got a black australorp too on accident and he is so sweet. He...
Any way to tell gender on mixed chicks. I hatched some chicks with my Rir x easter egger rooster. There are 4 easter egger looking chicks and one full black chick who is obviously a mix between the roo and my barred rock hen. I was thinking it might be sex linked? (Hoping) I will get...
I just re-homed a rooster to some beginner chicken owners who had some pullets of a similar age. They didn't know their breeds to well and told me they had 2 isa brown's and 2 barred rocks. They sent me a picture of my welsummer roo with his new ladies and i am not sure they are what they...
I got 3 st run little welsummer nuggets and was wondering if there is any coloring sexing tips for this breed. I read that the v on their head and eyeliner is indicative of a female. Was wondering if anyone has experience with this method and if it is accurate. Thx!
Need opinions about my suspected roosters. One is a Buff orpington whos comb is already starting to get color at about 3 weeks i am guessing. The other is a blue polish who from what i have researched says he is a boy based on his little pouf. Any ideas or too soon to say?
Through the winter my hens were starting to get bald spots on their butts. I thought at first that they were just molting, but from what I have read about molting they start at the head and goes down the body, and this does not fit with that. However, until recently i had dismissed it as...