A friend in the UK just got 3 hens, 2 RRs and what she thought was a White Orp... But she played a white egg. This hen is gorgeous, built very much like an Orp, but has grey shanks and as stated already lays white eggs. I cannot see in the pic she posted on FB what kind of comb she has though...
Do all EEs "squonk"? Mine don't do the normal "bawk bawk" of a chicken. They do this thing that sounds like a cross between a squeak and a honk, sometimes they even sound exactly like my dogs squeaky toys. Is this typical?
Ok so heres my first egg :) from last week!
And below is a pic from this morning.... Pretty Girl is laying one a day, her sisters should be following suit any day now,
Thank you :)
I'm not sure about your hens behavior. I am a complete newbie lol. But it certainly sounds like it could be. I have 4 hens that sleep together in one nest box, all the other 14 sleep on the roosts. I was surprised that the egg was unattended. When I was a kid and collected the...
Never mind... I figured it was getting close so I went to clean out the nest boxes and..... there it was...a beautiful, brown, perfect, bigger than I expected 1st egg! I wish I could upload the pic from my phone! Computer is down at the moment so I can't post it from there :( whaaaa I so want...
I'm so excited! I just now heard the egg song coming from my backyard! My red stars and wlh's are 16 weeks and 2 days old. I suspect "Pretty Girl" is the singer since she (one of my red stars) is the only one so far with a good comb and wattles. They are BRIGHT red while the otjers are still...
Thank you. It's crazy... I thought I started this awsome venture with 12 RIRs, 2 white Leghorns anf 6 Ameraucanas only to find out I have 12 red sex links, 2 white leghorns and 6 EEs!
Yes they came from the same place, my aunt got "Americanas" and I insisted that she get me some black ones and these are what she brought me. The 2 black ones and 3 "buff" colored and one that is more reddish. We just wanted colored eggs lol. Btw, do black Leghorns lay brown or white eggs? Just...
this is when I first got them...
About 3 wks old
My lil black beard today
today
this is the one who has no cheeks or beard (today)
the cheekless one and a cheeked one