We tried many times clipping our poor girl with scissors and that made her really mad, she scratched us a lot - even though she felt better after. Well, one day she had a little accident and there was muck and mats on her backside - she really didn't like for us to get near that area with the...
I was wondering the same thing... What is a pea comb? Does it mean there isn't much there - not enough to distinguish gender?
It looks lie Pepper doesn't have much of a comb at all - she's gorgeous, btw. We have EEs just like her - 12 weeks, no difference in the size of their combs from...
There is definitely a difference in comb and wattle development, but they all have the same coloring.
Suspect # 1: pullet?
Suspect # 2 pullet?
Suspect #3 roo?
Thanks for your input!
Well, our 9 week old pullets are now outside, living happily in their coop/free range during some days. This is what I've read about hours of daylight required to stimulate egg production and I was wondering what your routine is, if you have a routine at all?
6 to 20 weeks: 8-10 hours
19...
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We're new to chickens. If they live out their lives as pets, low long will that be? I've heard 8 years or so. Anyone had any live this long, or longer? How are they in their golden years?
Thanks.
Hi,
We bought this guy at a swap meet, along with 3 others like it - offically our 1st chickens! They said they are Araucanas, but from reading posts here, that can't be possible. What do you think we have?
Here's one of our RIRs. We have another that looks just like him(?) and two...
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Where do you live (how cold are the winters)? I can't answer most of your questions, b/c I just started with chickens.
How many nesting boxes do you have?
What does the perch look like? Did you round it off? I wonder if it is wide enough.
I have read that they lay anywhere from...