I have a crowing hen... but she started well after she started laying eggs. There's been no trauma. It appears to be a bit of a dominance thing... and she's inconsistent (sometimes crowy sometimes not). I only figured it out because after laying for a season... my neighbor asked if I had a...
Is it possible that someone who was knowledgeable could have mistakenly thought that at the age of the youngest picture here on the thread that she really was an americana? I tend to like to believe the best about folks but I think she should have been just sold as a barnyard mix/possible EE...
Thanks! That's what I suspected. My little welsummer keeps plocking along with the cutest little egg every day or so. I suppose I can work on having patience...
Just some follow-up shots. She's a happy enough bird and I still hold out hope that at I'll get interesting eggs. They are just a fun hobby so I had hoped to get a mix of colors in eggs to be able to be able to more easily check on how everyone was doing in that department. Got my first egg from...
Waffle has had her comb for a little bit. Although it really did get more beautiful this week. I've been feeling like a kid at the store going "open, open, open". Your hen will get there!
My whatsit (allegedly a Americana... named Blackberry aka Chicken) and light Brahma (Butter)
So my question is all of my hens are about the same age (allegedly I got them within a week of each other at 6 weeks). And I'd put them at 18 weeks. The Wellsummer (Waffle) up and gave me her first egg...