Pullet or Not? that is the burning question.
Here's my 12 week old silver laced wyandotte. Hoping not cockrel bc I wont be able to keep. Let me know your thoughts. Thank you.
I just joined because I have been stumped over this for weeks. I live in the boondocks. There are no other chickens around me. My flock is 3 to 5 years old. I have a little of everything : altsteirer, black marans, lavender marans, ayam cemani , buff orpington, Barred Rock, Rhode Island red...
Got these cuties yesterday at a local feed that had a huge line out the door. The lady gave them to me so fast I just had to go home and research who is who. Here’s the list of breeds I got. Help me match the correct chick breed.
Ameraucana, welsummer,
Olive egger, silver laced Wyandotte and...
Here are the babies - getting bigger and growing feathers! This week we saw many getting tail feathers and filling out wings. They are roosting on the bar we put into their brooder. They still seek out some heat under the heat plate, but most of the day they are not spending much time under...
Hi everyone! I am new to this page , but I was really hoping I could get some help on if I have 2 cockerels in this group of birds I bought. I bought them from Big R at the end of feb. They are all the same age. I was told all hens. But I have 2 that are fighting every single day. Pulling the...
Last week we picked up 17 chicks at the hatchery. Six different breeds. I posted the brand-new chick pictures (Day 1) and an update here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicks-with-pics.1224365/
Now Here is Week 2 Update with pictures. One chick died, but the hatchery had put in...
Today we drove to pick up a mixed variety of chicks from Eagle Nest Hatchery in OH. 6 different varieties!
Here are some pictures of them - to the best of our ability, we labelled them correctly, but my 11yo and I had to work quick! Interestingly, the light/white Easter Egger is curious...
Hello! Hello! Greetings BYC people. I have been reading and lurking on this site for probably a year or two now lol.
I finally got my chickens recently! We live in southern Idaho and bought a house (3 months ago) on about 1/2 an acre.
We (my husband & I) love small town/rural living and I am a...
Relocated from MA to IL due to family... was guilty of impulse buying 20 chicks at a local farm store, knowing NOTHING about chicken raising. Now have 20 healthy, happy, hilarious hens. 10 Silver Lace Wyandottes (anyone have a SLW roo in need of good home? The girls keep asking me for a...