my hen and her 5 week old chicks currently sleep in a dog kennel inside my coop and all my other girls sleep on their roost bar. I know silkies don't typically go up high on roost bars, so before she had babies she would sleep on a very low ledge on the corner of the coop. Basically on the...
Got these chicks today. Parents could be any of the following combination: buff brahma (roo or hen), golden laced Wyandotte (hen only), and potentially RIR (roo only).
The other chicks have single row combs. But this chick has something else. Doesn't look like a pea comb really either.
Thanks...
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I have a broody hen that has been sitting on some fertilized eggs, and when we went outside just now to close up the coop, we saw our first little chick trying to get out of the egg.
When should we move her and the chicks to the in-coop brooder box? She's...
I'm a new chicken mama. I have a broody silver sebright. We are thinking of putting a fertilized egg under her.
How do I know if she's broody enough to put an egg under? Also, are sebrights typically good moms? I'm a little surprised that she's gone broody given what I found online. I've read...
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First time Chicken Mama here. I've had my ladies from 1day-1week old and now My girls are around 16 weeks give or take a week. I currently have their nesting boxes blocked off so that they don't get in the habit of sleeping/pooping in them.
Their nesting boxes are currently blocked off...
What do you think these chickens' breeds and sex are?
I know the buff silkie and black silkie are silkies. 1. Do they look like pullets?
For the other ones:
-There are two black ones. One is black with dark brown highlights, and the other is black with a tint of iridescent blue. 2. What breeds...
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First time chicken mama here.
I have a flock of 20 chickens of basically three cohorts.
First group (6 Chickens): 12-14 weeks old, bantam mottled chochin rooster part of this group. (We had to re-home him to a good farm). So he left our flock about 2 weeks ago. (This group has...
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So I got these chicks from TSC a few weeks ago. They're probably 4 weeks old now or so.
As you know chickens get put in the wrong bin and or mislabeled all the time, so I'm curious to see what some of you think they are.. I was under the impression I bought prairie blue bells, and...
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Question: when you try to pet or place your hand on the back of a young chicken, is it pretty telltale if the chicken goes to squat rather than run it's a female? Regardless of breed?
I have this one young chicken that I think might be a young cocker roll just because of the waddle...
What breed do you think this is? I was told at rural King it was an Easter egger but it had super tiny Tufts at the ears if any. I know that Easter eggers don't have to have beards or Tufts but a lot can. I don't even know if I would say this one has a beard or tuft. I didn't really get a good...
Hi! Do you think these two look like cockerels or pullets? The larger comb/growing waddles are a little concerning.
Added photos!
One is a cream legbar and the other is a sapphire splash.
Any guesses would be appreciated! I bought them at Rural King.
I know this breed is notoriously difficult to sex. I just can't help but think it's comb is awfully wide, but it's my first time owning so I don't have much reference.
I think this one is 5 or 6 weeks? Can't remember how long I've had her lol
First time chicken Mama. This ~4 week ok light Brahma is abnormally sleepy today. Was completely fine yesterday. I walked outside and she was standing with her head just in the grass. She'll open her eyes but seems very low energy. I was going to give her a drop of egg yolk to see if that can...
Hi! Does anyone know what kind of bantam this is? I bought it from a tsc In a bin that said assorted bantams. It does not have feathered feet. Her name is gwuinny short for penguin because when she was a chick she looked just like a little baby penguin so tiny
Hi! Does this little chick look like a young rooster? Out of nowhere it's comb and wattles got bright red. I know it's still really early but I thought I'd ask.
Hi! So I'm having a hard time telling what breeds these two are. I remember purchasing a calico princess, and a buff orpington, and potentially a golden comet. I know one of my chicks is a buff orpington and he is also my Cockerel.
But the ones in my pictures below number one and number two I'm...