There's what I am guessing is about a weeks difference in age. My husband didn't get hatch dates, but our Easter egger and one of our Rhode Island reds were among the last chicks left in their bunch when he got them. They were almost all purchased the same day. We added three a few days later...
Just got a call from my husband. He said he heard a lot of noise from the chicks and went downstairs and found this chick bleeding. We removed her from the rest of the flock. He is cleaning it up. Before I saw a picture I had told him to put some Vaseline on it after it was cleaned, but it...
On one forum someone told us the barred rock with the spottier pattern on the head looked like a rooster. We cannot have a rooster where we live. So I was wondering 1. Does anyone have an opinion on if the coloring pattern matters? FYI the one with the single spot is growing wing feathers and...