I got my chicks today - the rainbow assortment from Meyer. I got 7 chipmunk chicks. As far as I know they could be welsummer, light brown leghorn, speckled Sussex or Easter Egger?
They all have pointy combs. 4 of them are more black on the back and their feet and beaks are more pink than tan...
I had guessed maybe silver leghorn for 1&7 - we got 3 of those. I had also guessed the same for 3, 4, and 5! Yay! The buttercup I missed but I'm so excited!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I got the ornamental layer assortment from McMurray and have a few I'm not sure about. I have ideas on some and no idea at all on a few!
In this order, I also got 4 speckled Sussex, 2 welsummers, and 2 NH reds but I'm 99% sure I've id'd those correctly.
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I have a 4 day old Cochin chick that was being taken care of by its mother. I went out there tonight and the chick was cool and lethargic. Its crop is huge. I really don't think it's going to make it but I was wondering what I could try. I have it under a light and tried some sugar water. I've...
Oh my goodness. Call me stupid, but I did NOT realize this was a problem. Until I opened my laying boxes tonight and two little mice scurried out of them! YUCK!! I hate mice. My cat disappeared in November, so she was probably taking care of them - She was born on the farm :). I haven't seen a...
As far as I know! I was just looking at a new cochin thread, and folks are voting pullet for one that looks just like my buff roo. my pullet at 16 weeks still has no red on her face at all. i'm still holding out on my blue though! i'm getting rid of the partridge ones!
definitely a roo. i have two that are exactly that age, and the roo looks just like that. the pullet has no red on her face whatsoever. i have a splash cochin that i was holding out hope on, and he's a he too! so disappointing. out of 11 cochin chicks, i got 10 roos!!
From what I've learned from previous posts, this one looks like boy to me.... am I right? I was supposed to get 5 girls, but I'll take a cockerel if that's what he is!
Thanks y'all. I'm going to wait it out. I got so many Cochins just in case I got a lot of roos, so it's okay if I've got some! I will still try to keep some of the nice ones. My current Welsummer rooster is headed for the pot -- he keeps flogging me!
I'm holding out hope that I at least got one maybe two pullets in my straight run cochins from Cackle. The first pictures I uploaded were at 4 1/2 weeks old. I've now added 7 week pictures above the older ones.
1 - Large Buff
2 - Small Buff
3 - Small White
4 - Silver-laced -- first...