Help fertile egg and no rooster ?? Maybe its me being an idiot but it looks fertile to me... they can't free range and I've had them since little chicks all between 8 and 6 months old
So this pekin bantam is just over 5 weeks old ... I have 3 other definite Cockerels but this ones comb is paler and hoping its a girl .... anyone shed any light on it please
I have hatched some lovely Pekin bantam chicks and among them I had 3 random normal sized eggs that I have no idea what they are they were only hatched yesterday so obviously very young I know the person had RIR, white star, lohmanns,Warren's I'm not sure about any others anyone any ideas what...
So I posted a pic of my 4 bantams a couple of weeks back at about 5 weeks old they are now around 7 weeks I was hoping for 4 girls but had my suspicions about one of them ... couple of weeks on I still arent certain ... pullet or cockerel .... I'm sure the others are pullets but this one is...
One of my 5 week old chicks today has started to shake/flick its head from side to side and doing it quite a lot they have all been perfectly healthy they are all eating and drinking and pooping well etc they have are in the house but today I put them outside for an hour in their pen just for an...
After losing my chickens to foxes a few months back I've finally decided to get more chicks and currently have 4 pekin bantam chicks approx 5 to 6 weeks old can anyone give me both their colours and maybe sexes ...
Pic 1 millefleur I think
Pic 2 lavender I think
Pic 3 ?
Pic 4 ?
I was...
I got a chick a few days ago at 3 days old when I got it home realised it had a splayed leg I've put it's legs together and it's been doing well walking but it's now started laying down alot and then struggles to get up it's also looking like it's gasping when it's feeding and shaking its...
Got some eggs for my broody but they didn't hatch and she was still broody so I introduced some chicks to her which didn't go according to plan and I have them in the house now. One is 3 days old and I noticed it had a splayed leg I googled it and it out medical tape round and shackled it's...
My beautiful silkie had wry neck and I hand fed her/him from being a week old now 16 weeks old and doing great but I wanting to put him/her back in with my others same age but 2 hens and 1 cockerel I obviously don't want to risk this little one being hurt if it's a cockerel I don't think I'm...
Desperately hoping these are female but the bigger they get the more they look male all hatched on May 1st so just short of 7 weeks old white leghorn light sussex and buff Sussex any ideas people if cockerels I need them to go unfortunately...
Been in to feed my chickens and one of my little guys is very quiet and swollen looking...appears to be all fluid filled in chest area more to right hand side I've googled it and thinking either sour crop or water belly.... Weve isolated him given him a little water tried turning him upside down...
New additions to my flock hoping all pullets which is why I picked these ones what do your guys think I'm not an expert.... I have 2 light sussex 1 buff Sussex and 1 leghorn all 24 days old :)
I bought some chickens to boost m flock a bit as I've ended up with a load of cockerels but I really don't know what I've bought there sold to me as bantams but I'm unsure ... Grey one is meant to be a naked neck bantam possible pullet and the black one a naked neck frizzled bantam again...
What sexes are we thinking? They are all different colour variations of pekin bantams aged around 4ish weeks old... First pic is definatley a boy as it started attempting to crow lol but what do people think about the others?
I think the following
1 cockerel
2 cockerel
3 cockerel
4 pullet
5...
I have a silkie chick with wry neck I read up and have been giving it vitamin e and brewers yeast and also giving it herbs such as basil... It seemed to improve and the wry neck was hardly noticeable however a week later and its worse than it was before it seems to be losing its balance backing...