I believe she can start 4-H anytime as a cloverbud and becomes a full member at age seven (could be wrong). I do know cloverbuds technically aren't allowed to handle the animals at 4-H events. They never used to inforce the rule but apparently they do now.
Maybe. Not a lot of wheaten Serama flocks are breeding true, but if you have chicks that you know are good wheaties, the boy's feathers start to grow in darker than the girls'. I used to have a good photo of a pair, but I can't find it. Not a foolproof method of identification, but it's a good tool to help guessing sooner.
Here they have to be 5 by january to start, but each club may be different.
My recommendation - handle the bird as much as possible. When you feel it is very calm and used to being touched, handled, manipulated...let your daughter begin to touch him. I don't remember the age requirements, but let her do what she is comfortable with. Teach her parts and colors and her specific breed - just as you would the alphabet or a new word and how to read that word - you know what I mean. I labeled the dog, cat, dad, lamp, floor, door, etc for my daughter to learn her "sight" words. Let your daughter do at her own pace. but YOU keep handlling the bird. Let her know that SHE is boss. SHE gets to tell the bird what it can and cannot do (within reason of course and with supervision).
exactly what I am looking at ! I have 3 shades actually but two are obviously lighter than the other. the darkest is black markings on light background, the lighter ones are obviously brown markings on light but the light background on these two is more of a creamy carmel color rather than the yellow white color. HE acts like a rooster already too. oh yeah and the pendulum swung back and forth.....
love him!!!Introducing Aces My Spade of cocoapop . This little cockerel will be the next generation of cocoapop I pick out to continue my bloodline .
have tons if picts wheaton is mostly what i have, posted a bunch on my profile page
