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Ok, so I had hatched out 2 Black Bearded Silkie and WLH crosses.....I know for a fact one is male.....he crowed and he is already "maturing". They are 11 weeks old. Here are three pictures of the other one. And here is a picture of both of them, the one in question is on the your...

When I had the eggs incubating back in early November, I wondered what cross it would be. Once they had hatched I knew exactly the cross. How did I know, well the 5 toes and feathered feet gave it away. Of course I already knew who the mama was, one of our Buff Orpingtons and the daddy is our...

So I've got 6 eggs in the magicfly incubator. 2 from my whiteleg horn and 4 from 2 of my buff orpingtons(2 ea.) - they will be mixes. So I woke up this morning to a chickie-baby that hatched overnight. I was a little surprised because before I went to bed (midnight), I checked on the eggs...

Here is the older thread for reference: Thought I'd go ahead and update this since he is now about 6 months old. Although I'm not 100% sure of what he is, still, but I'm leaning toward an Easter Egger with a single comb??? What do you think? It's a little hard to get a close up of him, he...

I thought they were ants, but they aren't. Not sure what they are? Never had this problem before. I bought the bag yesterday at TSC (I've got new babies this morning). Went to put the feed in the chick feeder, went back to close up the bag and noticed all these little bugs. So I figured I needed...

I got some chicks last week from My Pet Chicken (first time I've ever ordered from them) I ordered: 3 pullet barnevelders 2 BCMs 2 Silver Cuckoo Marans This is what I got: 3 Barnevelders 2 BCMs 1 SCM and 1 Mystery Chick - she's a cutie, but I've no clue what her breed is? and I...

Good Morning! First, let me say that this is the first time I have incubated eggs - before would always let my BO's do it. So I decided I would like to have some Lavender Ameraucanas and got some eggs from a member here @bargain Received 7 eggs, had to toss two about half way through - one...

My newest peeps arrived this morning. These are new breeds for me, Cuckoo Marans, Black Copper Marans and Barnevelders. I don't have photos of my Barnevelders yet, however this little gal in the (mostly) yellow, is the ONLY different one of the bunch. And I ordered more than one of each...

Thanks to this forum, I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that depending upon an Easter Egger Roo's comb type will determine the egg color of his off spring (when mated with another EE hen, I'm assuming?)? Is that correct? My EE Roo doesn't have the typical pea comb, What would you call his...

I have posted before questioning the genders of my silkies, when they were 15 weeks old. They will be 22 weeks on Tuesday. When they were 15 weeks I had several people tell me the black one looked like a Rooster. Well, the black on crowed this morning. So now, I am wondering about the two...

We did not get any snow that was predicted earlier. We did get ice, though. It's cold out, and I can hear limbs crashing in the woods behind our house. I think I am going to keep the chickens in the coop today - just not much to forage for, plus my flock may become slim pickin's for the family...

Hi All.... This is my first time raising Silkies (OMGosh! I love them!!) They are 15 weeks old, and I am having a hard time deciphering their gender(s). I'm sure there are some Silkie-experts here, would you mind taking a look-see? If you need more pics, let me know! Thanks in Advance...

It's been quite a while since I've posted, but I lurk from time to time I have a new mixed flock of 17 (15 weeks old); my 3rd flock. I wanted to freshen up the coop today, so I put down more pine shavings and getting the nesting boxes cleaned out and ready for eggs soon. And I've got to say...

Since this being our first ever flock of chickens, with most of the population being made up of NHR hens, I've since learned that no two NHR's may lay the same size nor the same color of egg! We've got at least 2 NHR's laying double yolkers every time they've laid thus far, one that has been...

Yay!! We got our 2nd egg ever today! So excited by all this! This morning I heard the "egg song" twice, went out to the coop to have a look-see, but no egg. Went to pick up kids (they had early release today) got back home, scoped out the coop and I spotted an egg! Still under the nesting...

So excited!! We've received our first egg from one of our pullets! Went out just after noon-ish to make rounds. I walked in the coop and there it was on the floor not in one of the nesting boxes. I do have golf balls in the nesting boxes and know that someone has been visiting several...

This is our first time keeping chickens. We started in Nov. 2011. As is stands right now, we have 19 pullets and 3 cockerels and 23 baby chicks in a different coop. (I don't know how to update my sig, we got rid of 7 cockerels last weekend). Of the cockerels and pullets, half are 19 weeks and...

We have chicks that are almost 3 weeks old. I noticed a little over a week ago that one of the brabanter chicks beak is crossed pretty good (see pic). I've watched her eat, and it is a pitiful sight no doubt. I do what I can to accommodate her food-wise so that she can scoop. She is my runt...

Be forewarned this is a little gross. I went out to the coop for afternoon rounds and to take my chickens some food "scraps". While they were all out of the coop, I closed the pop door so I could clean up a little inside the coop without having to worry about them getting out (I normally...

Hi everyone! I'm new here and this is my 1st post (aside from the introduction post). I had mentioned in my introduction post that I thought maybe one of my white leghorns could be egg bound. This is my first ever flock and this is all pretty much new to me. Yesterday I noticed this particular...