Hi there. I just got a lovely new hen today. She’s sweet as can be. But I quickly discovered she enjoys escaping over my 8 foot enclosure. I clipped one wing, and she can still get out. I clipped the other wing, and she can still get out. I love this new addition but I’m scared that she’s going...
I have a small backyard flock of 5 hens, all the same age, about 6 months. There has always been one dominant hen but she's never been nasty, until yesterday when she straight up attacked one of my other hens, pulling feathers out of her head and making her bleed. These girls have a huge space...
hi there! I got my first egg today. It’s kind of peach/cream colored. I have no idea which of my hens laid it, and I have 5 different breeds. Any ideas?
Cream legbar
Blue Wheaton ameraucana
Lavender ameraucana
Blue langshan
Golden cuckoo Marans
Exciting news - I got my first egg today! It was adorably tiny, and peachy colored. The only problem is, the hen I think who laid the egg should be laying blue eggs. Now, I didn’t see her actually lay, but she’s my only young hen who has shown interest in using the laying boxes. In fact, this...
Hi there! I have 5 pullets (12 weeks old) that have this habit of talking to me nonstop when it’s evening and they are in the process of roosting for the night. I’m taking it as though they just love me (lol), but seriously, what is all the talking at bedtime about?
I’ve had these showgirl chicks for two weeks now. I have no previous experience with this breed. They are kind of strange in terms of behavior. I feel like they don’t interact at all, and don’t really do much of anything. Is that normal? My hens (Ameraucana, langshan, cream legbar, maran) have...
Hi everyone! I have three adorable little showgirls. I’m honestly not sure about the age, because the woman I bought them from, although super kind and lovely, seemed to have a bit of memory loss. I’m guessing they are somewhere between 4-6 weeks. Anyway, I think I have one pullet, and two...
This lovely bird is 12 weeks old. I thought she was a pullet because she has lighter feathers. But just recently her face is making me think differently since it turned reddish. Thoughts?
This little cockerel is 8 weeks old. I have no idea what breed he is. He was sold to me as a chick as “either a langshan or blue copper maran”. He’s got cute little puffy cheeks and hardly any tail feathers. I got another grey chick from the breeder and she is very obviously a langshan pullet...
this little one is 8 weeks old, quite shy compared to my other chicks. Pullet or cockerel? It’s supposed to be either a langshan or a blue copper maran. Any ideas?
8 weeks old. I was 100% convinced this was a pullet...until yesterday when her comb turned red. what do you think? She’s supposed to be either a blue copper maran or a langshan.
i have these two 5 week old littles. I feel quite positive that the lighter grey one is a BCM pullet. No clue about the other. It looks so different in body type, being much taller and with high set tail feathers. I thought at first it was a roo but it’s super timid compared to the others and...
Hi! I just got two Golden Cuckoo Marans. I keep hearing different things about how to tell the sex of chicks for this breed. I've heard the black chicks are hens and brown are Roos. Then I've also heard that color doesn't matter, it just depends if they have spots on their heads. Spots means...
Hi everyone! I have this super lovely Blue Wheaten 6 week old chick. Any opinions about roo or pullet? It's SO friendly and sweet. Hoping it's a pullet!