We have two Red Stars, both approx. 18 weeks old. I assumed they were hens since as chicks they were both red. But Carmel's comb is not only way bigger than the other Red Star but it's bigger than any of our other six chickens (all between 14 and 19 weeks old). Carmel is also definitely...
We have two 4 month old Red Stars. One of them (the redder of the two, btw) is starting to squawk quite a bit. Not "crow," per se, but she's kind of loud, ouder than any of our other seven chickens. And while I wouldn't say "she" is aggressive exactly, she is certainly more assertive and...
Hi. We're on the west side of Los Angeles and we're super excited/in love with our new chickens. With my 6-year old daughter's blessing, I converted her rather large play structure into a chicken coop. We have two Australorp/Orpington hybrids, 1 pure Black Australorp, 2 Red Star Sex Links, 1...
Fluffy was incubated and hatched in my daughter's first grade classroom. The egg came from the school district (Los Angeles). We've taken Fluffy (named by the first graders, of course) home to join our chickens (Black Australorps, Buff Orpington, Barred Rock, and Red Star) but we have no idea...