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  1. 7KardashiHens

    Silkie Gender

    Yep, that's what I thought too. I think only the one with the little puffball on its head is a pullet. 3 cockerels, 1 pullet, even at 8-10 weeks it's pretty obvious.
  2. 7KardashiHens

    Silkie Gender

    I bought 4 Silkies today and my two white ones are constantly chest-bumping one another. Hopefully they're not boys. Can anyone help me sex these?
  3. 7KardashiHens

    They are 8 weeks old what gender do you suppose?

    All girls. My EE pullets look exactly the same.
  4. 7KardashiHens

    Hen or roo

    That is a roo.
  5. 7KardashiHens

    Coccidiosis?

    Never mind.... I gave my girls watermelon today. I bet that's what it is. Scared me for a minute!!
  6. 7KardashiHens

    Confused about coop bedding/floor material vs run bedding/ground material.

    Thanks for the advice! I'm going to work on that tomorrow.
  7. 7KardashiHens

    Confused about coop bedding/floor material vs run bedding/ground material.

    Is it possible to use both? My coop is at the bottom of a hill, so it gets muddy if I don't use sand. However, I don't like it as much as pine shavings and I have to scoop it pretty much every day. If I keep an inch or two of sand on the bottom layer and use the DLM on top, will it still work...
  8. 7KardashiHens

    New chicken owner - help is this a hen or a rooster?? approximately 8 weeks or so old

    Thank you! I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!
  9. 7KardashiHens

    New chicken owner - help is this a hen or a rooster?? approximately 8 weeks or so old

    You're never 100% sure until they crow or lay an egg. I still think it is a cockerel.
  10. 7KardashiHens

    Chicken Math

    Ok thank you both! I was thinking the girls might get more worn out than the boy . I'm glad my ratio is good.
  11. 7KardashiHens

    Coccidiosis?

    Does this look like coccidiosis? One of my pullets has left 3 of these around the run and it's hard to tell with the sand absorbing it almost immediately. Second question..,,how do I clean out the run/disinfect it?
  12. 7KardashiHens

    Gender of EE?

    Thank you! Just wanted to double check. The comb isn't as large as my other EE who's younger, but it's much redder than the girls.
  13. 7KardashiHens

    New chicken owner - help is this a hen or a rooster?? approximately 8 weeks or so old

    Michael is correct. I have a Maran cockerel with large comb and wattles, 12 weeks old, no saddle feathers just yet, but is already crowing. He's molting now so his big boy feathers will be coming in very soon!
  14. 7KardashiHens

    Gender of EE?

    Before I give him away, can someone please verify that this is a cockerel? I'm kind of second guessing myself, but the comb says cockerel to me.
  15. 7KardashiHens

    Confused about coop bedding/floor material vs run bedding/ground material.

    I forgot to mention that if you use leaves, it will make an awesome compost, plus give the chickens bugs and stuff to scratch at (which turns the pile for you!).
  16. 7KardashiHens

    Confused about coop bedding/floor material vs run bedding/ground material.

    You can put leaves in your run if you want to use a deep litter method. You can also use pine shavings but they smell awful when wet- I'd definitely make sure the run is covered if you use shavings.
  17. 7KardashiHens

    Chicken Math

    What is the absolute minimum ratio of rooster:hens? And if I have a 8ft(L)x4ft(W)x5ft(H) coop, with 3 nesting boxes, (3) 4ft-wide roosts, and a 12ft x 8ft run, how many chickens can comfortably occupy it? (They will be able to free-range on most days). I currently have 5 pullets and 1 cockerel...
  18. 7KardashiHens

    Fellow BYCer is need of morel support.

    In my opinion, you're more likely to get sick eating commercially raised chickens/eggs than you are from your own. At least you know what antibiotics, vaccines, and infections your flock has had; with commercial chickens, you don't! People have raised chickens for hundreds of years and we...
  19. 7KardashiHens

    Could this be an Easter Egger?

    I agree that there's no profit in it, but you'd think a hatchery would know the difference between a Cochin and an Easter Egger. What kind of store did you get her from?
  20. 7KardashiHens

    Would you post a pic please?

    I'm sorry. I have an 11 week old EE named Peaches whose comb looks just like yours and I recently noticed that Peaches is a he, not a she. My other EEs have a much thinner, paler comb. It's pretty easy to spot cockerels in Easter Eggers once they're about 8 weeks old.
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