I have four chickens, just starting to lay eggs. The first to lay last week was my Wyandotte. It was the cutest little brown egg And then the day after, my Easter egger laid hers, ofcourse a bluesh green color.
I also have a Jersey Giant and a Buff Orpington who havnt started laying yet...
I have a Jersey Giant... I don't know if its the same as an Australorp, but they look exactly the same.. "she" is a couple weeks younger than yours but her tail is clearly longer and skinnier than my other 3 pullets, so I don't know what to think!
Maybe it's just the way these chickens grow...
That was my same concern... angel wing is when the wings start to grow too fast I think? The bottom part of the wing sticks out from the body... it doesn't hurt the duck, but it looks ugly. You can actually fix it if you catch it when it first starts to happen by taping them in the right...
I'm trying to teach my four, 1 month old chickens to come when I call them by giving them bugs. I give them crickets, mealworms, and waxworms (grub like creatures high in fat). They are free ranging around my backyard so I'm sure they find a lot of bugs by themselves as well.
Is too much bug...
I have some Wheaten Maran eggs that i've been incubating. I don't have the best incubator and I had to drive with them 2 hours in the car, so I wasn't expecting the best hatch rate. They were supposed to hatch last saturday but none ever did. I've candled them and many look quite clear, but...