Time for my bi-weekly worry that I’m not sure if I have pullets or cockerels. This time it’s my barred rocks and my still suspicious Ameraucana/EE/Whatever. My one barred rock is just so much bigger than the other but to my untrained eyes, I feel like they are the same bar pattern and should...
These are all 8-9 weeks. Didn’t know everyone’s best guesses on these. The tails are throwing me. No huge combs or real rooster behavior. Welsummers and Ameraucana/EE’s All in all just curious.
Got them from McMurrays who have certified Ameraucanas so I feel pretty confident of their breed. They have chubby cheeks too. But they just give a random color chick at McMurrays so I’ve had to research what I got. This one I can not figure out what coloring she has? One was a splash and I...
Five week old Buff Orpingtons are showing some pink on their beaks. Am I to expect crowing? Didn’t know when they started developing combs? They were vent sexed by the hatchery but I don’t know how reliable that is. I’m just so worried I ended up with all roosters.
Hi! So I’m brand new to this and I’m curious about a few of my chicks. My Welsummer chicks had all of the very clear markers for females as little ones but now they are older, I’m thrown off by the size of their tail feathers. They are six weeks and from what I can tell they have salmon colored...