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    One hen is more developed than the others of the same age

    And here is our Ayam Cemani boy. Once the Blackies are old enough - he'll have a new harem.
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    One hen is more developed than the others of the same age

    Here's a better shot.
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    One hen is more developed than the others of the same age

    I'll get some better photos after it stops raining out.
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    One hen is more developed than the others of the same age

    Yes, one is on a hay bale so appears larger. The one with the most developed comb is also the largest and I don't think it's a cockerel - no spurs. The others are close though. They are all the same age - about 14 weeks. They all came from the same brood.
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    One hen is more developed than the others of the same age

    As you can see in this image, the center hen in front has a much more developed comb and wattles. This picture doesn't show it very well but hers are much deeper red and much more fully developed than the others. I have five of these girls (one is off camera) - Black Australorpes - and I got...
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    Adding five pullets to smaller flock

    The main reason I don't put them out now is the weather. It still dips well below freezing at night and we have such high winds right now the little pullets couldn't handle it. I do have a place they can shelter when I set up their corral. And there are plenty of hiding places. You don't see my...
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    Adding five pullets to smaller flock

    I have a small flock now which consists of three hens and a roo. The hens are two easter-eggers and a gold-laced wyandotte. The roo is an Ayam Cemani mix - his father was that and his mother was some unknown backyard breed. He's very mellow and we really lucked into getting him. Anyway, we now...
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    Chicks Find Themselves

    Thanks! yeah that stock tank makes a great brooder. They love it in there.
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    Chicks Find Themselves

    Here are three black Australorpes, about a week old. They see themselves for the first time. So cool! https://photos.app.goo.gl/rawvCtqjjgUkYZaz8
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    How do hens feed their babies

    Ok thanks! This tells me that I will continue to raise the chicks how I'm doing it. I want to hatch some of our eggs so I'll do that manually.
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    How do hens feed their babies

    Our coop is 4 x 8 feet with three 12"x12" nest boxes that protrude from the back of the coop. I do not place feed or water in the coop because that attracts mice, and the grackles figured that out almost instantly and would raid the coop for the feed. I have feeders and waterers outside and this...
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    Help with choosing an automatic chicken door

    I have this one from FarmLite. I live in the high desert of Utah and it gets mighty chilly here in the winter. This door works perfectly. I have mine set up on a solar-charged battery system. It is totally care free. The door itself only got stuck once in the closed position when it got really...
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    Hen hurt her leg . . .

    Well, things did not go well for my hen. She was a beautiful olive egger but I had to cull her this morning. She showed absolutely no sign of improvement after 12 days of treatment and isolation and this morning her breathing was strained and sounded all gurgled. I know it was probably something...
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    My chicken has had a lame right leg for days after falling

    Excellent to hear! Good luck with her.
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    Hen hurt her leg . . .

    Thank you!
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    Hen hurt her leg . . .

    I guess I should have read some of the posts here before I made one because I see many others have been through this ordeal - most with success so I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and see how long it takes for her to recover. Edit: Would an epsom salt soak be good for her? Maybe once or...
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    My chicken has had a lame right leg for days after falling

    How did this turn out? I have a similar situation with one of my hens.
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    Hen hurt her leg . . .

    We have a small flock of 4 hens (started out as six but that's another sad story) and last Saturday night one hurt her leg. I watched the four of them go up the ramp into the coop like any other night. Sunday morning when they came out, one was limping badly. She could barely walk. We realized...
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    Broody hens

    It is indeed cooler in the coop.
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    Repetitive Broody Hen

    Sounds exactly like the situation I'm in with a Wyandotte only I didn't do the cage thing.
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