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I know, It's kind of embarrassing at this age really! As for the egg issue, my girls consistently seem to be late bloomers, not starting til at least 23/24 weeks, and my RIR girl was 9 months! I was going to give 'him' away tomorrow to a friend who wants a roo, otherwise I'd just wait and see...

Hi there, We're still having trouble deciding what gender this chicken is, even though he's 19 weeks old now. 'His' hackles are definitely pointier than his sister's, but there's no sign of saddle feathers, and his comb and wattles are only fractionally more developed than his sister's, and...

Well at least I'll know what to look for next time! WHen I think about it, I realise he probably has been practice crowing, I'd just mistaken it for squawking. He's such a chicken, he behaves like the big girls are all out to get him (not that they are, they hardly deign to notice him!), and...

Drat! Ok well maybe I'd better plan to put the big new coop a little further down the hill then! Thanks very much all.

Poop. Sneaky little blighter has been in drag all this time! Thanks though. So tell me about Silkie roos, do they crow as much as other breeds as a general rule? So far, Napoleon has only done it at 9am for about 3 minutes, and that's it for the day, but then he's only 2 days in. Is it...

Ok, I haven't posted pics here before, so lets see if this works - Ninette La Phoenix or Mandarin Napoleon? Had trouble getting a clear shot as every time I squatted down, they all ran over thinking I had food!

Uh-oh! OK, so now that I think about it, his hackles are pretty pointy, and his pompom is more of a fireball streaking out behind him than a dandelion head. I'll get some pics up as soon as I get a chance, but it sounds like Ninette (for her nine toes) is now Napoleon! I'll have to get him a...

I was pretty sure my little Silkie was a hen, 'she' even sang the egg song a few weeks ago, though I couldn't find any egg, but the last two mornings she's done a sort of crow, wings flapping, head up and all. Not til a good 3 hours after sunrise thankfully! We lost the next-girl-up on the...

Thanks for the replies, will give it all a good going over with bleach then, and sunshine too if I can get hold of any - that bit might have to wait a couple of months though as it's been raining cats and dogs all winter! Quote: I'll look this up as I'd would like to read this. Since the two...

Not sure if this should go here or in diseases, but given it's not an emergency, I went with here. I need to clean an unidentified nasty out of the quarantine coop and the transport cage, and the more I read, the more confused I'm becoming! The cage is plastic, the coop is a combination of...

Cackle Brook stands out for me.If you do have a creek that is! Or even Cackleberry Farm? Isn't cackle berry a nickname for eggs? (Or am I imagining that!)

Thanks all! Gosh, this place is such a wealth of information, I keep going from thread to thread with more to read all the time!

Greetings from a fellow newbie, fellow Australian, and fellow Nihonophile (is that a word?) No idea what your chickens are, but they look lovely. And congratulations on the new little 'chick' on the way too! If you like to feel bubs moving around, have you tried listening to the heartbeat too...

Hi all, Since I've been lurking round here for a couple of weeks now, I thought it was time to sign up and say hello and thank you. This place seems to be a real haven of information and sharing, and it is clear that a lot of effort goes into its smooth running. I'm mostly a newbie. I've done...

Thanks again ChooksChick. I really have been treating them like the plague as I wasn't sure which aspect of their output would be contagious! I haven't managed to find oxine in Australia as yet, but perhaps I'll be able to find someone who'll send it overseas, it really does seem like good...

Thanks ChooksChick, I'd be very happy to hear it wasn't coccidiosis! They did get fairly warm on the triip here, and were travellign for about an hour and a half, then moved to a cool cage, so maybe that was enough to trigger whatever the respiratory thing is. The stuff in her poo looks more...

Sorry if this has been asked before. I've been googling for hours now and still not sure. This is my first post, and Iwill go and introduce myself properly when I get a minute, but I'm trying to sort this issue out while I have a chance. The short question is if a chicken has recovered from...