The hens are all over 1yr old, I was wondering how long they could be fertile after mating? My sister-in-law has chickens and took one look at them and said- your eggs are fertile! I thought it was impossible and went to the threads! :-) Thanks.
Hi All,
I am a first time chicken owner as of March, and on Oct 31st I bought 11 laying Hens and some eggs are looking like they are fertilized due to the bulls eye. Is this possible? Do I have a disguised Roo in the bunch? Any advice appreciated! Thank you in advance. See pic below.
Turns out our two "hens" turned out to be roosters! We were disappointed but it all worked out. If your "hen" is crowing...its probably a rooster from our experience. We still have a hard time not calling them "she" or "girls". lol.
I have two 4 month sex-linked Hens and 5 baby mixed breads about 6 weeks old. The two older ones (Thelma and Louise) are the bosses of the coop, but one of them crows in the morning a couple times. There is a rooster that lives next door (about an acre away) and I'm not sure if she is...
We got ours from the Atwoods in BA in April and they look the same. They are much darker now and even look brown and black but no real pattern. I'd like to know what kind ours our too. I'll post some pics! I think they are a big mix of RIR BR and sex linked?
Hi, I'm new from Tulsa as well. I just started with 2 sex linked chickens (who are now in the coop) and I have 6 mixed chicks (3 weeks old) in the brooder, the guy at Atwoods said they are probably Reds but couldn't be specific. One is black and white and the others are brown and black. Any...