Same here, same here :)
We got them from a backyard chicken keeper, nothing fancy - all allegedly leghorns!
They are all pullets and, as I stated before, as long as they lay anywhere near the numbers of a leghorn I'll be happy!
Please help!
One of our silkies is sick... Can you please help diagnose it? She's sneezing and foaming around the eyes... She's already isolated from the rest of the flock. What can we do? We live in a tourism area and vets are only experienced with dogs and cats...
I tried to upload a video...
Just realized that the pics are not very good... Sorry! Dealing with an extra inquisitive bird and trying to take pictures with the mobile phone at the same time was not ideal...
Hi everyone! Here we go again - plenty of new birds this year!!! And I think I might have my very first broody of the year...
What do you think about this little fellow? 2 week-old barred Plymouth Rock. Based on everything I read on this forum I would say pullet, but it's my first time raising...
Hi Kwacker1100!
(Sorry for the late reply - I hope you started your flock in the meantime)
I'm also raising chickens in the Algarve!
The main problem we face is the heat - (if you're not into it already) go for single comb (the bigger the better) chicken breeds and some naked necks.
Greetings...
Clean legs was the whole purpose of getting them... I wanted dark eggs but didn't want the feathered legs so got in touch with a hobby (but quality) chicken enthusiast nearby and asked if he had any non-feathered leg Marans he would want to part with... And now, on top, I have 2 new standard...
Hi!
Remember the black cockerel? His mother is Bresse Gauloise and his father can be either Black Australorp or Black Jersey Giant... What's your guess?
Thank you!
2 weeks ago I started noticing the difference in the combs, but no. 1 didn't develop that much in the meantime... Let's hope that they are both pullets🤞
Thank you so much Chookchicken!
The partridges are from the same hatch (different breeding stock though)... Is it usual that 2 birds from the same breed and age (~5-½ months) have such different development in comb and wattles?
Streamers are the longer feathers on their heads, right?
At what...
What do you look for for assessment? I'm really interested in learning/being able to make the best educated guess possible.
Yesterday I heard a squabble in their coop and the moment I got there I saw the partridge with the bigger comb pecking/holding the crest feathers of the other partridge...
Thanks everyone!
A few more pics... They are all very shy, except for the crested one as you can see in the photos.
The white ones have pinkish-yellow legs. Other than a tiny little greyish speck in one of them they are all white - they still have some sort of yellow down under the feathers...