We have had problems with raccoons in our coop. We lost 5 girls to a persistent raccoon. We eventually took down all of our chicken wire replaced it with hardware cloth, buried plastic mesh and put roof flashing 10in underground. We even took cement pavers and placed them around the edge of...
Okay so it seems we have answers to the what are we question. Out of 8 we had 6 boys! All the mottled colored are boys! Rotten luck for this batch but the two girls are super cute! Thanks for your help BYC
The white one is named Bread! I hope Bread is a girl but we are not sure. Looks like we might have at least 5 males of 8. Maybe not the greatest luck but I think the girls are super cute.
I have eight brahma bantams chicks 5 weeks of age. They are mixes of different types of Brahmas. I know the daddy is a dark and the momma hens are dark mixes. 4 of the eight chicks are mottled in color and I am starting to see iridescent feathers. Although they have these greenish feathers...