These 2 are 6 weeks old here, both from the same Barred Rock daddy. Mama for the darker chick was clearly one of my friends' Black Copper Marans hens (that chick even hatched out with the leg feathering already started); lighter chick could be from either a Copper Marans mama or an Ameraucana...
I recently inherited two more hens from a friend. One of these gals, Sugar, had an incident a few months before wherein the friend's other hens pecked her pretty badly. She's doing fine, but another incident occurred here with my girls that added to her trauma, and I'm not sure she's ever going...
I got my very first pullets, 2 GSLs and 2 RIRs, from the local Big R store 5 days ago. I was told they had come in a week before, and that they were thus probably about 9 days old at that time. This morning, we noticed that all 4 girls are starting to get their combs coming in. Their wing...
Howdy, all! I'm Jodi, from Bend, Oregon. No girls yet, but hopefully soon! I'm gonna keep this short but sweet, as I have a LOT of reading to do, now that I found y'all. Thanks in advance for not kicking me out, and for all I'm gonna learn from all of you!