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 😍
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 ☹️
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 🤞