Search results for query: *

I have 9 pullets, all raised from day old chicks. The oldest were born around 5/25 and the youngest around 6/30. One of the first group is laying consistently as of 12/5, and one from the other group is starting to squat and act like she may lay an egg soon. My question is, what is the latest...

This girl is 6-8 months old. She does not appear to lay eggs yet. She was sold to me from a breeder, but the breeder didn’t hatch her. I think she is from the breeder’s gorgeous BCM rooster, though. She wasn’t expensive, and I don’t care what she is, but I’m not buying the BCM. Any ideas? She...

I have two barred chickens from a blue egg laying bin. Is it possible for a chicken who looks like a barred rock to lay an egg that is not brown?

I purchased two “Prairie Bluebell eggers” from Rural King about 10 weeks ago. They look mostly like barred rock, and probably won’t lay blue eggs...but I’ve since learned to not purchase from box stores unless you want to be surprised. I am fairly certain that one is a pullet, but I am unsure...

I have a small coop of six chicks who free range in my neighborhood back yard on days that I’m in and out, and have a chicken run on other days. We had had a very hot and dry summer, and I am having a professional come spray my lawn to kill excess bahia grass. Is this a bad idea? How long should...

Six weeks old. Hoover’s hatchery via Rural King. Pullet or cockerel? I have two, and they are supposed to be prairie Bluebell eggers. Pictures below. Tail fathers are almost nonexistent.

You all have been so helpful that I’m asking again. These kids are coming up on 4 weeks, so it may be too soon to tell, but... The brown one was sold as an Americana and the black two were sold as Prairie Bluebell Eggers. They were all supposed to be pullets. One of the black ones barely has any...

Okay, backstory. I grew up with chickens as a small child, but have been a city dweller for many years. I’ve recently become a backyard chicken keeper trying to sex cockerels and pullets and decide where to send the men. I got all of these around Memorial Day weekend as “day old chicks” and...