So we let our little farmer(our six year old) pick out four chicks from our local feed store. Initially the store manager said that she thought that our black chicks were sexlinks...but that she was not sure. And they were supposedly sexed, all hens. After asking on this site the consensus was...
Any thoughts on gender? This is my almost 8.5 week old, Rhode Island Red (well, maybe ). She is the only one of my new chicks who has an obvious waddle. She is super bossy with her hatchmates, but I know that doesn't mean anything. My other RIR pullet has no sign of a waddle yet, and a much...
Hi All,
I need some help. We have an established small flock of three, year-old leghorn hens. They were raised together from chicks. Great girls, great layers! We were hooked and decided this year we would add 4 more chicks to our little flock. When the chicks were fully feathered (estimating...
Just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I am a mommy of three kiddos (6,10,13) and a happy owner of our little funny farm. We live on a 1.5 acre with three dogs, one foster dog, three leghorns hens, a potbelly pig, and two horses. We recently added four mystery chicks to our farm. So...
We got these two chicks from our feed store. The associates at the store had no idea the breed and they were mixed in with many different looking chicks. Someone suggested they were Black Sex Links. All the chicks were to be hens, but you know how that goes. When I looked up the breed I saw...