I bought one of these guys about 9 weeks back. Kids named it Mumble cause when it was little it resembled a penguin! :) Been a little aggressive really but nothing major. Just protective i think, does like to be held tho, once sure you aren't gonna eat'em. :) think its a roo but I really can't...
thanks again everyone - i think we'll call them girlies unless I see something to change my mind at this point. I've got a couple laying now and I expect the others to follow suit soon. YAY!
I'll keep an eye on that one! That actually does seem to be the most out-spoken of the bunch. All the feathers look the same to me tho. Guess I'd be happy either way - we were planning on getting a roo evenutally but figured hens would be easiest to cut our teeth on so to speak
This is a great idea! We actually spent the whole day following them around and plugging up all the holes they've been sneaking out of - I am exhausted but its done. Will know soon enough. Thanks for all the great advice. I used those first two that i'd found in the boxes hoping to generate some...
Found two eggs actually but yes they are white. I was thinking one of the whites too. Had an older lady, my neighbour, tell me to look for super red combs and that's when i would know they are ready to lay - so i was guessing based on that. I have been trying to confine them to a run area that...
They are free range . . . . i have checked for a nest but not found anything as of yet. thank you for the input - went out and looked around again and found the hidden eggs! Whoo! :woot lol Only have one laying right now best guess but its a start. Thank you again! :yiipchick
Ok, so early spring we decided we wanted some chickens - we bought 8 and a duck, I found out later the duck should have been a pair but he seems happy with the girls. Anyway we decided on 5 Reds and 3 whites. What I didn't know at the time was they'd mixed all the birds together that had a...