I have tried researching past threads to get an answer to my question, but haven't run across it yet. I have a beautiful blue wheaten Ameraucana roo, but haven't had any other pure Ameraucanas, so I have never done any hatching. I now have a couple of blue ameraucana pullets, but I am curious...
A friend gave me four chicks recently. They are 7-8 wks old. I really don't need another roo, and I am pretty sure I now have 3 more.
I was pretty sure BR#1 was a boy, as it is lighter in color, and the comb started turning red first.
Now I am not so sure, because BR#2 has darker...
I really wasn't expecting an egg for another month or so, because most of mine are too young still, and the guy who gave me the EE I brought home yesterday said she probably wouldn't lay for another month or two. He was wrong. Went out to feed them awhile ago, and she was in the nest box with...
I am new to chickens, so this may seem like a silly concern. I have four sex link pullets and one EE cockerel which are all around 15 wks old. Since I brought them home a couple of weeks ago, they all sleep in a pile in the corner of the coop. My DH built really nice nest boxes and 2x4...
I have been reading BYC for a couple of months and preparing to get a few chickens to raise for eggs. The coop is finally finished (mostly), and I got my first chickens today. I bought three black star and one red star pullet (13-14 wks old) from someone I found on Craigslist. She offered...