I was in denial last year when one of my Australorps got a comb early on. He looked completely different from my other 2 but I held out hope until the day he started crowing! I don't have experience with Ancona's but I've read that the male's mature pretty young so I would guess you've got a...
I have a 4 1/2 month old Easter Egg chicken that is not acting her norm today. She was still in bed this morning when I let the others out to roam and she has spent most of the day sleeping and not moving. We don't have vets around here that will see chickens so I'm at a loss of what to do for...
Good to know, thanks for all the info. We received a loud confirmation at 5:40 this morning and so did all my neighbors :) He'll have to be at a new home by the end of today before animal control is knocking on my door. Thank you to everyone who replied.
When I mentioned that one of mine seemed to be a rooster they said I could bring it back and they would give me another chick to replace it . I'm new at this but I'm pretty sure I can't stick a chick in with my 4 four month old pullets. They are a pretty close group, I dont know if they would...
I wish we could keep him, we live within city limits though and its illegal to have him. When I bought the chicks I was told there was a 99% chance of them all being pullets. He just keeps getting prettier and prettier so I finally thought I should just post pictures and ask.
I've had a bad feeling it was for a while now :( Thanks for the quick response. Guess I better start looking for a new home for him before he starts alerting the neighbors with crowing.
Hi everyone! This is my first time with backyard chickens. We bought our chicks 4 months ago and was told we were getting 2 Easter Eggers and 3 Australorps. The problem is one of our Australorps looks completely different than the other two. Did I end up with a rooster? Or maybe I was told the...