Speedy, who is just over one year old and is an Australorp/Wyandotte mix is experiencing her second autumn and first molt (I live in Australia).
She's also doing a credible impression of a vulture.
In six months Speedy the Chick has grown into Speedy the Pullet.
Then after three weeks of laying small eggs, Speedy has transformed into Speedy the Broody Pullet.
Busy six months for Speedy.
However the long and short of things is that we don't have room for more chicks/chickens, and we...
Speedy the Chick and her foster mum 'Gladys'
Murial #1 and Murial #2 checking up on Speedy and Gladys
Speedy a few weeks old
Exploration outside the coop and digging for insects
A couple of months on and she's in her first moult
She's growing into big girl
Speedy...
On the off chance that our almost 6-week old chick Speedy turns out to be a rooster I'd like some advice as to what our options are.
We live in an Aussie country town but the council ruling is that roosters aren't allowed, however I know of one gentleman who lives in town and has a rooster...
The helpful people here at Backyard Chickens pretty much nailed Speedy as being an Australorp/Wyandotte hybrid. However I'm still not sure if we have a cockrel or a pullet. Speedy is going through its first moult at the moment so it's look a little bedraggled at the moment - but its in fine form...
Just over three weeks ago my broody Australorp pullet hatched two chicks from 6 fertile eggs that were given to me by the local feed store. One of the chicks didn't survive the first night, but the second chick did, and has proved to be quite a character.
I didn't have the set up to separate...
Hi, I'm a brand new chicken owner and approximately eight weeks ago I bought three Australorp pullets from a local feed store. They went into a coop/run combo that you can buy off eBay. The pullets were bought for eggs and have been exceedingly good layers. About four weeks ago the smallest...