Thank you. The black chicken is supposed to be a Jersey Giant. For that matter, I bought 4 of them and it turned out that only 2 were Jersey Giants. The other 2 are gold laced wyandottes! (the 2 breeds look the same- all black with a white butt- when they are little chicks. So maybe none of them...
They are amercaunas. Not true easter eggers, but they lay blue eggs. Unfortunately I bought 7 straight run and only one of them turned out to be a lady!
Hi! Today was my baby chickens 4 month birthday. I will slowly be transferring them from their run to free ranging with my older flock. They do go back into the coop at night on their own so I plan to let them out in the early evenings, with supervision of course. I am hoping after a couple...
I am not sure when "feathering out" happens, and I have been surprised by the changes in some of my Americaunas in this past month (their 3rd). But owly koobehdo still looks has the owl look. I will try to post a picture tomorrow.
So when does feathering out end?
Thanks much for sharing info...
Hi. My Americaunas have dark green legs.
I have hundreds of pix but none of their feet! This was the best I could find and the legs look lighter in this picture than they actually are. He is about 8 weeks old here. His name is owly koobehdo,
I got my first flock of chickens from a neighbor. They were all under 18 months old. She did not free range them. I started them in a run, with the intention of letting them free range once they had gotten used to us and our dogs got used to them. I think they were in the run for about 3 weeks...
Hi. I am new to this community. Thanks so much for this post and all the responses. Even though I just got really nervous when I read it.
I have 9 laying hens and 2 rather aggressive roosters. And... I got chicks this year so I have 32 3 month old chicks. The adults are totally free range ( I...