10 weeks old. Comb is basically non existent (unlike our prev 2 we hatched where theirs were pretty big even at 5 weeks).
Also personality wise totally different from the cockerels we had, too. Not very bold or adventurous. Also not aggressive to the babies (6 weeks old) unlike the other 2...
So this boy is a sweetheart (well both are actually - they really enjoy getting up onto your lap to snooze and cuddle) and I thought you might appreciate a sweet pic.
So, these two came from our neighbour's chickens (we incubated the eggs) and the cockerels they have are a light sussex and a barred plymouth rock. No idea what hens they were from as they have a whole load of different breeds.
I know one of them is clearly mixed, but I was wondering whether...
Today my partner and I went to a breeder to collect a couple of 1 week olds that we had wanted for the breeds we liked. The guy there looked at a picture of my 7 week old "girls" laying down and said "they are very likely to be roosters."
When we checked back when they were newly hatched, my...
Hey all! Newbie here (obviously lol). My name is Magnus, I'm 33 and I live in the UK countryside! Here's my intro using the template:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Sort of. New to keeping my own, although we have helped with our neighbour's from time to time...