One of my easter egger hens , who is about 8 months old, started laying about 1.5 months ago. All her eggs up until this week past have been normal. On 5/2 I noticed her out in our yard with a slight limp, but still moving around a good bit and acting normal aside from that( she's a very...
We have two new hens that came to us less than a week ago I noticed today while working in our run, that one of the hens legs seem a bit off, the other hens are normal.
Their old home got rid of them due to them being egg eaters, so we figured that there might be some deficiencies going on...
4 suspected pullets , 1 definite cockerel and 1 suspected cockerel. Looking for conformation/opinions
(2nd Pic is the obvious cockerel, 6th is the suspected cockerel)
This little one is the smallest of my friends 6 that I've been raising for her. One of the 6 is already confirmed cockerel. This ones tail is looking a bit wild. Also noticed some green/purple highlights .
I'm taking care of my friend 6 chicks until they're off heat. The EEs are about 3 weeks the OE is 4 weeks. We are both curious about what they will end up looking like. Would love to know what others think also 🥰
Looking to get a couple if coturnix hens in the next week or so. I know some colors cannot be sexed by feather. Currently looking at these too potentially coming home with me. Are either of these sexable colors ?
I'm fairly new to the world of chicken genetics.Dog genetics, I could talk in circles about, but chickens are a whole different ball park.
The big thing I'm confused on, is when I see posts asking about gender(for EE/OE) and someone responds with " female/male specific color" .
I understand...
Small backyard flock of 6 pullets (ages 16-13 weeks). 3 Orpingtons , 2 EEs , and 1 blue plymouth rock.
Our newest EE was transitioned into the flock over the last week . Once she was let out of solitary confinement, out youngest orp and BPR immediately started targeting her, this went out...
I posted this girl a month or so ago, and got no replies so I figured I'd try again with new pictures. She is from a chocolate orp hen and a chocolate cuckoo orp roo. I have her sister (from the same clutch) who is normal chocolate. This girl however was the only from the clutch that came...
Debating adding one or two more EEs to my little backyard flock. This one(tan head,black beard) definitely grabbed my attention. The other (black and white)has a really cool pattern (kinda worried it's a roo because of comb ) i wont get to see them inperson until later. Obviously EEs and OEs...
Debating getting this Ermine Ameraucana. Hen or roo? I don't want to shell out almost 100$ on a bird that ends up being a roo that I can't keep where I live .
I picked these two gals up from a breeder who only does chocolate orps (normal, molted and cuckoos) . They're from the same batch of eggs( choc × cuckoo). Obviously one of these girls is plain Jane chocolate. But the other is 2 tone(she was the only one from that batch that was this color and...
I just picked these two up yesterday(Buff orp and Blue Plymouth),it was fairly late and getting dark so I didn't get a great look at them. I went to let them out into the run this morning and noticed the buff orpington seems to have a bigger comb than my confirmed pullets (i was told they are...
I picked these two gals up from a breeder who only does chocolate orps (normal, molted and cuckoos) . They're from the same batch of eggs( choc × cuckoo). Obviously one of these girls is normal chocolate. But the other is 2 tone(she was the only one from that batch that was this color and the...