mystery bird

Hello! Not new to chicken raising in general (variety of mutts at former workplace) but finally new to having my own chickens at home! I acquired 2 welsummers, 2 brown leghorns (I'll not know the difference between those four until their earlobes change), and 2 buff orpingtons from a local feed...

Hi chicken friends, We noticed a few weeks back that a skinny brownish-grey chicken was living all by herself in the forrest behind our house. We called her (her?) Forrest. She was incredibly skittish and would not get close enough to get a good look. After weeks of treats, and our chickens...

I hope yall can help. This hen of mine has me stumped. I got her from an ordered batch online and the breeder said I may get mixed breeds. She's the only one out of 10 eggs that actually hatched and I can't for the life of me remember what breeds they had. She has almost no comb and lightly...

Was supposed to be a black australorps. Has a pea comb by the looks of it.

I went out to collect today's eggs and, (call me crazy, I know each of my girl's eggs by heart) I happened upon this tiny, brown, lightly speckled egg. (It looks darker in person😅) Now, all 3 of my EEs lay blue and true, so it's not them (also collected their eggs today) My Jerseys had both...

But not anymore. Today I was outside in the coop, and my hen here Got in the nest. She's from Atwood's - I know their breeds aren't 100% breeding standards, and she was in the Welsummer bin. I waited to see which of the dark brown eggs I've been getting is from here and lo and behold...

In April 2022, we hatched our own eggs that came from a friend. They had previously hatched eggs from their flock in the past and all chicks are identifiable. Now comes my turn… The only rooster in the mix was a red colored EE/Americana. The only hens are EE/Ameraucana mix with 2/3 sapphire...

Hello! So I did the thing I bought the optional mystery chick from the hatchery I ordered my chicks from. I bought 7 beilefelders and 1 mystery and the poor thing is definitely pretty different. I got my chicks from Murray McMurray hatchery, they were delivered April 18th of this year so they...

Hi! My husband and I are looking for a dual purpose rooster for our flock.. found this handsome guy on Craigslist but I’m not sure what breed he is. The owner said “I think blue rock something?” Can anyone confirm or deny or ID this rooster? Want to make sure he would be a good candidate for...

Hello. My name is Valerie and my husband and I are new to raising chickens. We have 3 lavender Orpingtons and a mystery bird that we received as the meal maker add on from Meyer Hatchery. I absolutely adore her but can’t quite figure out what breed she is. Any help is much appreciated!

Hey all! I got a mystery bird thrown in my order of Meat birds (If I could have, I would have opted out of receiving a mystery bird because I think it will be too cold for it pretty soon), and I’m wondering if anyone has any guesses on what it could be? I’ll update with pictures every so often...