I have a few EEs that I raised from chicks. This one looks a lot like my rooster. With my birds, there is a noticable difference in the feathers around the neck; the roo's are longer, thinner, and not as soft. He also stands tall, more vertical than horizontal, when compared to his sisters. And...
We had five little boys in our coop, but at eight weeks, we had to thin them out. Lucky for us, the breeder that we got the chicks from was willing to take them back. I talk a lot about the stew pot, but there were two bantams that I don't think I could have eaten. They were the most personable...
Great pictures. We have two Cuckoo Marans x Dominique pullets that are the spitting image of Cookie. They are only 9 weeks old, but I can't wait to see what their eggs look like. And I love the paint treatment on the coop.
Good article. We're building a coop this week, and while I had planned for ventilation, I now think I need to think more about how to ventilate the coop in the winter.
I had chickens as a child, but of course my parents managed the flock back then, so I consider myself new to raising chickens and managing a flock.
I got interested in chickens again because I've been buying local eggs for quite a while. The seed was planted one week when our local supplier had...