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This is my Barnevelder chick, Neil Patrick Harris. He's 9.5 weeks old. WDYT? What about our RIR and SSH? (all 9.5 weeks)

Just wondering if there were any other white orp owners out there? My 6 year old wanted to buy a hen with his own money and chose Hattie the white orp. We've never had orps before and Hattie sure is a weird one... She follows you around almost like she wants to be petted but if you try, she...

We are having horrible luck with our first ever hatch, we're down to 3 chicks from the original 8 and I keep going back and forth on their genders! Any opinion would be GREATLY appreciated! None are completely feathered out so I didn't take a full body shot, please let me know if that would...

So we've had some not so great luck with these chicks.... started with a dozen fertile eggs, from which only one hatched, purchased another 7 day olds to put in with it and as of this week, we are down to 4 :( Really hoping we at least have a girlie majority! Peaches (RIR): Rhonda...

I do realise it's probably a little early to tell but was wondering of anyone was willing to take a look/ have a guess on what our chicks are. Barnevelder 1 (Alice) Barnevelder 2 (Neil Patrick Harris) - I've thought boy since he was 2 weeks old RIR 1 (Peaches) RIR 2 (Rhonda) - I...

I just went to let out our chickens and noticed 1 of our 3 week old chicks didn't come out of the coop with the others (they're in there with mum and 4 other adult hens). Had a look and it's laying on the ground, splay legged, unable to stand. It was completely fine when I locked them away for...

We have 8 x 2 week old baby chicks that our broody SLW is raising. So far they've all been doing well. Today is quite warm (33C/ 91F) so I just went to check their water levels. I noticed 7 of the chicks running around, following mum underneath the trees, but 1 little chick was just walking...

"Fabio" is 2 weeks old tomorrow. I was convinced he was a "he" but now I'm not so sure. Any opinions?

I thought it might be fun to place some guesses on what my 1 week old chicks are now and see who's right in the long run! I'll try to take weekly pics. I'm guessing there is not much point in photographing their combs or profiles at 1 week, so I've just taken pics of their wing feathers. (please...

I'm slightly obsessed with these babies (our first that we've hatched/ purchased as day olds) and thought I'd share some pics

I promise I'll leave these babies alone soon! Actually posting this thread is keeping me away from them for just a little while, right?! I purchased 7 new chicks from a breeder yesterday. He had a big ol' mix in the bator. I just told him 7 of anything was fine, and as not everything had...

After a less than successful hatch :(, I just went and collected 7 new babies! Any idea what the one in the middle down the bottom is?! We got 2 x RIR's, 2 x Barnevelders, 1 x Australorp, 1 x Sussex and 1 x Mystery! I'm thinking it's the one in the middle, bottom that's the mystery... The...

My broody is currently sitting on eggs (which are hatching as I type, I'm trying to be good and leave her alone!!) and there is a Light Sussex and a Coronation Sussex egg under her. Just wondering if there is any way to tell them apart when they are younger?

Our SLW "Lola" has gone broody for the very first time. She is approx 2 years old and we've had her since POL. After having her sit on infertile eggs for 4 or 5 days, I placed a dozen fertilised eggs under her last week. Today should be Day 6. I have left her alone up until today. I just went...

Our Light Sussex hen (Charlie) is approx 18mths old and has always been one of the lowest in the pecking order. She's very timid and flighty,and until recently has not chosen to leave the fenced yard to venture out into the rest of the backyard. Since she has, I've noticed that her gait seems to...

Our silkie, Celia, (who happens to be the only one of our 6 hens who has actually started to lay!) has gone broody. I really want an Araucana or 2 and thought that buying some fertile eggs for her to hatch might be the way to go. How many could she fit? I was thinking of buying 1/2 dozen, is...

I seem to be getting 50/50 votes on whether our LS is a roo or pullet. It's approx 16 week (though I'm not sure how accurate this is), the biggest of our 6 chickens, but also the most submissive, even the much smaller SLW bosses it around. WDYT? For what it's worth, the tail feathers are just...

We have two Welsummers that are approx 22-24weeks old. Up until a week ago, they looked the same to me, now one has a noticably bigger comb/ wattles. Is this just a hen getting ready to lay? Also, Charlie our Light Susex still has me stumped. When I posted pictures before, everyone guessed...

I have a SLW pullet that is approx 13weeks old. She has no visible wattles and a tiny comb, but her face seems really red, like, on par with the 20 or so week Welsummers who I'm hoping start to lay any day now. Just wondering if this is normal for Wyandottes?

Charlie is our Light Sussex, supposedly around 14weeks, but closer in size to our 20week old Welsummers than our 12 week old SLW. What do you think, pullet or cockerel?