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I got these four chicks the first week of May (so just over 2 months old). Sold to me as Easter eggers. I’m only 2 years into my chicken journey so I’m still learning.
I’m praying for #1 and 2 to be pullets. #1 has the all black comb so I can’t tell much by that...
My Mille fleur d’uccles were born in February. Started laying consistently 4-6 eggs a week each in June. In august one of the three pullets I had was killed by a predator and they haven’t laid an egg since! (Two months). In the last few months they’ve appeared to go through a mild molt, though...
My three bantams free range my suburban backyard by day, put themselves in the coop at night when the sun starts to set, and then I go lock them in before bed. We’ve been doing this without problem since spring. Last night I got home a little later than usual at 9 PM, one was missing from the...
Last ditch effort to save my pullet!!
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I’m a very first time chicken mom, I’m learning as I go. This is HeyHey. She is a 3.5 month old d’uccle. Two weeks ago she started walking funny, then lost the ability to walk entirely 24 hours later. Of course, all the googling and...
Help! This pullet is 3 months old. At 2 weeks she got spraddle leg, fixed with splinting them together with a bandaid. Now today I noticed her walking weird again and as of the last half hour she won’t get up to walk at all. I tried the hair and in a straw to bring her legs together but she just...
I have 6 chicks ranging in age from 6-8 weeks. They are silkies and d’uccles. They are on my outside porch currently with a heat plate (has to be on a porch to reach the power and not get rain on the power cord). I’ve been slowly moving the heat plate higher and higher. I REALLY want them off my...
I have a little flock of 3 & 6 week old d’uccle and silkie chicks. They’ve been on my front porch with a heat plate since two weeks old, with temps dropping to 20-30s here in Kentucky. When did you wean your bantams or small breads off the heat source when nights are still pretty cold? I’m ready...
I have two more of this breed that are 5 weeks, and one is an (very) obvious roo and one I’m hoping is a pullet since she looks nothing like her brother.
Here are my two new Mille fleur d’uccles. They are just shy of 3 weeks.
Happy to hear your guesses!
I have a 4-5 week apparently roo Mille fleur d’uccle that needs a new home here in Louisville, KY. (If this isn’t the thread for that could someone point me in the right direction?)
Please help as soon as possible! 3 1/2 week old frizzle silky was normal when I checked on her this morning, I didn’t notice much when I checked her food two hours ago, just got out the new flock to play and noticed her head look like she had been sleeping weird and it had a kink in it. In the...
Any guesses on the gender of this 3.5 week silkie. Everything I’ve read said they’re very hard to gender; however this one is twice the size of its hatch mate. Are males that big of a difference in this breed? I also found the beak theory online. I’m leaning strongly to boy; but holding out hope...
I know silkies tend to be some of the hardest to sex, but for the fun of it, what’s your votes? All three born the first week of February, so just over three weeks 🥰
I had three baby chicks, I sadly lost one a few days ago, leaving me only two chances for a hen (my neighborhood doesn’t allow Roos). They were born 2/2, so just over 3 weeks. I know many threads I read said d’uccles often show gender early. (I also know it’s too early to be sure, just thought...