Updated photos of my 8 week old trio. Thoughts on hens vs rooster? I think the gold colored one is a hen but not sure about the black and splash. They are all “olive eggers” apparently.
These three hatched 6 weeks ago. All apparently olive eggers. Thoughts on if any will actually lay an egg? Black, Gold and White. The black one looks BCM to me.
My hen was sitting on 6 eggs in a nesting box. Yesterday on Day 21 two hatched. Today is day 22 and she has now moved down from the nesting box with the chicks. Does this mean these others eggs won’t hatch? I put them down where she is now just in case? First time hatching chicks!
Thoughts on what may have taken my hen? She was taken from inside a fence. There were 6 other birds in the coop with the door open but they weren’t touched. She was likely outside as the other flock had been giving her the cold shoulder and excluding her. It happened around dusk or shortly...
I don’t understand chicken color genetics. I have a lavender Orpington rooster and a chocolate Orpington hen. What will the chicks be? I also have a chocolate Orpington rooster.
I posted these a few weeks ago and here’s some updated photos. Any idea on who’s a boy and who‘s a girl and also what breed they might be? They are 7 weeks old. Thanks!
I’m new to chickens. I have 3 six week old chicks who have been moved to their outside space. It’s a small coop and run. We close the door between the run and coop at night and they sleep in the coop. We open the door so they can come into the run during the day. But they don’t seem to want...