Hi everyone. Any thoughts on whether this lovely chicken (Brahma/Isabelle cuckoo Orpington cross) is male or female? I was told hen but feel like it’s developing waterfall feathers by the tail🤷♀️
New chicken Mom here.
I put my eggs under someone’s 2 broody hens a month ago (my hens weren’t broody at the time and I wanted my injured rooster’s babies). 2 chicks out of about 18 hatched last Tuesday night and Thursday. I brought 8 of the unhatched eggs home 2 days ago and put them under my...
Hi everyone, my two Orpington roosters suddenly started to fight last week. When I got home after work there were feathers everywhere and they were still going at it! I separated them and my favourite- the lemon cuckoo just stood in the field not moving. The blue seemed fine other than minor...
Hi everyone,
I am a new chicken owner (last year) on our little hobby farm in BC. I fell in love with lavender orpingtons and ended up coming home with a mix of orps (they were sold out of lavender orps🙄) - 6, day old chicks. All turned out to be roosters, except 1 BCM hen😂 4 roos successfully...