Yea, he has a few golden laced feathers, so im not sure if maybe the breed is wrong or he is mixed. He has pretty bluish green tinge to his feathers as well. The other two i have have a lot of golden laced feathers, so maybe they were labeled wrong at the store. Here is a picture of one of the...
I know it's early, it is about 6 weeks old. It stands taller than the rest of my flock. It acts differently as well, letting all the other girls eat and drink first, kinda checks on them, is the only one that has a pronounced comb as well.The lighting isnt great, but it is slightly red as well...
I went out to check my babies and when i picked up my favorite 5 ish week old buff orpington, most likely pullet, and her toe nail was bleeding. The end had been injured, not sure how. She wasnt walking abnormally or favoring it, but it was tender. I cleaned it and put a little ointmemt on it to...
I am new to having chickens as well. We started off with 5 buffs and 5 austrolorps, but one sadly died after a few days. Still unsure of why, so because my fiance has ocd and cant stand having an odd number, we went back and ended up getting three rhode island reds making a total of now a dozen...
I am new to owning chicks. My four children, fiancé and I live on a beautiful old farm in Kansas and decided we needed to bring some chickens into the picture. We let the kids pick out chicks and ended up with five Orpingtons, four Australorps and three Rhode Island Reds. They are about six...