Arizona Chickens

[BlueBaby]

@Hamburg I'm seeing 5 in that picture that you just posted that the comb's on them are bigger and darker pink. My guess is that they are boy's.

 

[cactusrota]

I just posted my first photo. I will get the hang of this yet. this is a photo of my first hatchlings they are just under three months old. One of the roos is trying to crow already. I am trying to figure out which one.


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I'd bet it's the one with the most upright/bold behavior. At least that's how it's been for all the birds I've raised so far. Beautiful biddies!!!

 

[Hamburg]

@Hamburg I'm seeing 5 in that picture that you just posted that the comb's on them are bigger and darker pink. My guess is that they are boy's.

Yes five

 

[Hamburg]

I'd bet it's the one with the most upright/bold behavior. At least that's how it's been for all the birds I've raised so far. Beautiful biddies!!!

The white with tan is the tallest and appears to be the dominant one.

 

[BlueBaby]

@Hamburg You might want to watch this on sexing 2 month old's.

 

[Jammerz]

Most of the roosters I have had became aggressive around females (meaning my wife and daughters). They never, ever tried anything with me. Take stick in with you and when the rooster tries to bully you, wail the tar out of him. This usually fixed all my roosters from being aggressive to people. If one beating didn't fix it, I made soup out of them. Simple as that. You can't have a rooster trying to spur you. They would terrorize my wife to the point that she refused to collect eggs.

Thanks for checking with your SIL on the chickens.

 

[SonoranChick]

My poor scalped Muscovy duckling is doing well today! I got her two chick friends to grow up with. A Delaware and a Plymouth Rock. Has anyone here raised those breeds before? The PR seems especially sweet.

She is so cute! I’ve got a Delaware, she’s one of my very favorite gals. She is super friendly. Somewhere in the middle on the pecking order and very quirky. I adore that breed. I have a barred rock as well, I’m not sure if that’s the same as Plymouth Rock. She is a bit on the bratty side and can be aggressive. I have heard this is rare though, many people have better luck with that breed and think they are sweet.

 

[SonoranChick]

My red star, Stunts, is ill I noticed yesterday evening that she was not acting right, just standing meekly next to the water dish and not really moving much. I checked this morning and she’s doing the same thing. She drank some water but I can tell something is off. I’m very worried because I lost Biddy about 3 weeks ago. I hope whatever took her life isn’t something that is spreading through the flock. The others seem fine. Stunts is one of my favorites and had always been so sweet, I hope she pulls through.

 

[BlueBaby]

My red star, Stunts, is ill I noticed yesterday evening that she was not acting right, just standing meekly next to the water dish and not really moving much. I checked this morning and she’s doing the same thing. She drank some water but I can tell something is off. I’m very worried because I lost Biddy about 3 weeks ago. I hope whatever took her life isn’t something that is spreading through the flock. The others seem fine. Stunts is one of my favorites and had always been so sweet, I hope she pulls through.

Have you picked her up yet, to check her over? How old is she? How's her crop feel? How's the vent looking?

 

[igorsMistress]

My red star, Stunts, is ill I noticed yesterday evening that she was not acting right, just standing meekly next to the water dish and not really moving much. I checked this morning and she’s doing the same thing. She drank some water but I can tell something is off. I’m very worried because I lost Biddy about 3 weeks ago. I hope whatever took her life isn’t something that is spreading through the flock. The others seem fine. Stunts is one of my favorites and had always been so sweet, I hope she pulls through.

Oh no! I'm sorry she's not feeling well. I hope she's ok.