So hard to tell this early! Carl's about 7 weeks, by my calculations, (maybe 6) and his wattles are nowhere near as pronounced as your photo, they're just visible spots under his/her chin. (just more visible than the other's) -and (s)he looks a little different about the head. The red comb...
Oh darn! That sounds right on course for what Carl's doing. He (?)'s about 6 weeks old,now, and is a bit aggressive, herding the other chickens around, big long legs. Do you have RIR pullets of the same age, for comparison?
These are my little ladies (I hope!) This picture was taken a few days to a week after I got them (Easter weekend). When I got them, there were chicks of varying ages, and the clerk said they were "a couple" weeks old. The two lighter ones are RIRs, and I figured the one on the left (in this...
Our last coop was a large walk-in frame with little house on stilts inside of it. We needed something movable this time around, so I wanted to go with a tractor type design. I decided to do run below with a nesting/roosting house up above. The coop is accessible from the run via a ramp...
Hello All-
I'm a Seattle transplant to the lovely city of Portland, OR. I am a wife, and mother of four. We had a little flock of 6 chickens in Seattle, and had to say goodbye to them when we moved. We're just starting another little group of three. (two Rhode Island Reds and a.... oh...