Thank you! That makes me so happy. That means out of the 12 chicks I had, I ended up with 7 hens 🥰 yay! What a journey it's been. Thank you to everyone who helped out. What a great community 😁
Thank you for all your advice so far. Yesterday I returned 3 roosters back to the breeder (splash Orpington, blue Australorp and Marans). Unfortunately the other week our little runt passed away. I am holding on to the Black Australorp as he hasn't started crowing yet, and he is just so...
10 weeks old now and they're just starting to get affectionate.
This is my black Australorp. Always thought boy. Do you agree? I love him because he's sooo fluffy 😍
Unfortunately he did start to crow soon after my original post. It was only pretty quiet, and not every day, but I'm sure it would have gotten louder and more frequent as he got better at it. Luckily the breeder took him back.
5 week old Maran. This was always the biggest and I always assume rooster, but the older it's getting the more I'm leaning towards hen. Or maybe I'm just really hoping it's a hen 🙂
Im pretty certain at this point both my australorps are roosters ☹️
Thanks. I assume he will crow at some stage, hopefully not any time soon 😁
The hen I saw him with is only about 10 months. I have older hens, but I haven't seen him with them yet.
Once he starts crowing, I'll have to let him go. Breeder did say they will take him back, although I'm also...
Thank you. So a good chance we could still be a few weeks off. I'll check in a week or so. Hopefully he doesn't start crowing. Would love to keep a rooster if I can get away with it 😁
I have a 15 week old chook, which was sold as a hen, but I am sure it's a rooster. I contacted the breeder and they said they are 90% sure it's a hen because it's not crowing yet.
Today I happened to catch it on top of one of my laying hens, and I assume they were mating (my view was partially...
And here is the little blue or splash Maran. It is the runt. Much smaller than all the others and later to develop. It is 4 weeks old and about the same size as my 2 week old black copper Maran.
It's got such pretty colouring I'm desperately hoping it's a girl.
It's the one that cries out all...
As the chicks are getting older, it's harder to get decent photos of them as they just don't stay still.
This is an update on one of the gold laced Wyandottes (I actually can't tell if it's Chick 8 or chick 10).
4 weeks old now. I'm really hoping it's a girl 🤞