2018 Newbie Chat!

[CannedMonster]

neither Australorp is aggressive, the one I threaten with freezer camp is skiddish beyond all belief, she tears up my hands when I try to handle her when I look her over monthly. My gentle docile Australorp came from MyPetChicken. The second from the feed store I work at. I think they got them from either Meyer or Murray McMurray.

Oh yeah, skittishness can be just as annoying as aggression.
My bantam, Birdie, is like that.
But the friend I got her from is overrun with chickens right now and doesn’t handle them much.
She actually gave me two but the white one just would not calm down so she took her back.
Turns out she had a nest somewhere and that’s why she was so frantic.
I’ve heard of aggressive Australorps but it seems to be pretty rare.
I have no idea how I’m going to tell them apart!
I mean, how do you name birds that all look the same?
I’m also going to have 3 SS and 3 PR but I think there will be little differences with those ones.
I can tell one of my Wyandottes by her comb; she has a spike at the back of it.
I also tell them apart by their butt fluff shades.

 

[Curious About Chickens]

not a bully like my Wyandottes tend to be

Interesting. My Wyandotte is very chill, so meek as to be low on the pecking order. My sex link matured very quickly and was big, top bird for awhile growing up but not very big nor top anymore. Still, both will follow me hoping for treats.

 

[CannedMonster]

Interesting. My Wyandotte is very chill, so meek as to be low on the pecking order. My sex link matured very quickly and was big, top bird for awhile growing up but not very big nor top anymore. Still, both will follow me hoping for treats.

The Wyandottes were chill too, at first.
But after they started laying as time went on the one at the bottom of the pecking order, Penelope, became 2nd.
She’s quite the bully about food.
Drives Coco and Pepper away constantly.
Red does not do this.
I thought about just rehoming Penelope but now that I’ve integrated my teenagers, Coco and Pepper mimic the same behavior with them.

 

[Curious About Chickens]

at first.

Uh oh. I'll keep and eye out and guard my ankles! The wyandotte was the one I got for looks and I think she is gorgeous so I'll try hard not to spoil her. Mine seem a pretty nicely functioning flock. They get along well, not a lot of backyard drama.

 

[PNW_Peepers]

Oh yeah, skittishness can be just as annoying as aggression.
My bantam, Birdie, is like that.
But the friend I got her from is overrun with chickens right now and doesn’t handle them much.
She actually gave me two but the white one just would not calm down so she took her back.
Turns out she had a nest somewhere and that’s why she was so frantic.
I’ve heard of aggressive Australorps but it seems to be pretty rare.
I have no idea how I’m going to tell them apart!
I mean, how do you name birds that all look the same?
I’m also going to have 3 SS and 3 PR but I think there will be little differences with those ones.
I can tell one of my Wyandottes by her comb; she has a spike at the back of it.
I also tell them apart by their butt fluff shades.

I spend so much time with my birds that I can tell them all apart, even my barred rocks have subtle differences. You can always leg band them too if it’s too hard to tell them apart. Are you getting your next batch of chicks from the same hatchery? I noticed going through MPC
( they are a middle man ) that each hatchery has completely different birds even in the same breed. My ameraucanas couldn’t be more different than one another. Temperament, egg color, feather patterning, weight, even comb width are all different on each bird.

 

[Chickassan]

Everybodys chicks arrived safe and sound that is so awesome! Everyone in my batch from yesterday survived the night and are looking fantastic! I'm really pretty shocked these girls are snugglebugs even though they've had a heck of a trip. Lol! I thought faverolles were clingy babies they are nothing compared to speckled sussex that girl is like a magnet.

 

[ketojenn]

Ordered a white Cochin for my daughter. Pretty sure she's not going to be white.
Thoughts?

I should have just ordered a leghorn. Lol

 

[ketojenn]

The blue copper marans. Two girls and a boy.

The salmon faverolles

Mystery chick #1
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Mystery chick#2

Mystery chick#3

Mystery chick#4

Guesses?

 

[Chickassan]

No, now just hold up. She will be white but with some subtle light gray shading like an old marble statue. The shading is just waaaay more pronounced when they are chicks.

Ordered a white Cochin for my daughter. Pretty sure she's not going to be white.
Thoughts?
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I should have just ordered a leghorn. Lol

 

[ketojenn]

No, now just hold up. She will be white but with some subtle light gray shading like an old marble statue. The shading is just waaaay more pronounced when they are chicks.

She really wants a pure white bird. No idea why. Lol. We shall see how 'Snowball' turns out.