Hi there. They're hatchery birds (My Pet Chicken). Cream legbars are autosexing, correct? And they both have female coloring. So is it simply cruddy hatchery genetics?
These two have been identical until about two weeks ago. All of a sudden there's a pretty big difference. Do I have a pullet and cockerel?
(First two photos are of chick 1 and last two are of chick 2.)
Hi there. Hoping someone has insight. I have noticed tail feathers in two of my hens getting ragged, plus feathers sticking out at odd angles. On closer inspection it appears that the feathers are broken. I haven't noticed them picking on one another. I am going to check vents, tail shafts and...
I am just posting pics of the SLWs as those are the ones I'm not certain about. 5 weeks. I am fairly positive #2 is a pullet, but not sure about the others.
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(Updated with 5 week pics at the bottom) I'm pretty sure I do, but I'm not an expert at all and fairly new to chickens, so... do I see what I think I do? And do you see any more suspicious ones? Thanks!!
RIR
White Rocks ( four different chicks)
Cream legbars (3 of them)
Partridge rock...
Thank you so much for your thoughts. That other one in the top pic is actually a cream legbar. I should've mentioned that we got three of them because my kiddos were so bummed that our EEs ladies lay light brown eggs and they were excited about blue or green. The cream legbats supposedly lay...
Hi there. These babies are 3-week-old sexed assorted brown egg layers from My Pet Chicken. When they arrived there were four I thought might be silver laced wyandottes. One was a bit bigger, but similar coloring. Now at 3 weeks, the bigger one is much bigger and more feathered.
Here are the...