Breed? Age? Gender? Chicken?

[Lizzil]

Thanks for the replies! I looked up pics of Easter Egger and Welsummer chicks and she totally looks like either of those- and they both sound lovely, so yay!

She looks like a easter egger maybe? she is really cute! what does her comb look like?

Here is a comb shot-

 

[Bine]

I think, the only things we can say right now, is what it is not.... It's not a crested breed and not a booted, so not a Polish, Cochin or Brahma and too big for a bantam, I think.
... and do you have a other chicks, b/c a single chick is at risk of dying b/c they need constant contact with other bodies....

 

[Lizzil]

I really don't want another chicken, she would be more of a pet- any eggs would just be a bonus. I live in the Caribbean, right now the temp is between 95-85 every day. I've been careful about not having her in air conditioning/around fans, I don't think she'd get too cold. I guess if she seems depressed I could get another chicken for company. I've also got a dog and cat, the chick has been chasing the dog around (a 5 pound chihuahua), or the dog'll be following her around sniffing like "what is this thing?" I'm sure they'll be good friends. I'm keeping the cat away.
How necessary is having them in a "flock"?

 

[junebuggena]

Having a flock is very important. Chickens are highly social creatures that live in groups with very strict social hierarchy. Everything in a chickens world revolves around the flock. Foraging and any consumption of food is a group activity, with social status being a big part of who gets what and when. Preening and dustbathing are also group activities. Basically, there is hardly anything a chicken does that doesn't also involve the flock. Unless you are willing to live like a chicken 24 hours a day for the next several years, please consider rehoming this chick, or getting it a chicken buddy. If you do decide to keep as an only chicken, be prepared for neighbors to start complaining about the noise. When a chicken can't see it's flock mates, it will start making the 'egg song' sound. It's their "Hey! Where are you?" call. It is really loud and carries. If you go run errands and leave her alone, she will continue to make this sound until you return.

 

[Bine]

Okay, if you want to raise a single chick, be prepared. A lot of things like shopping or working have to be prospone for a while. Last year I raised Piep.. The first two weeks she lived in my bra with a hanky as nappy, not nice but okay b/c nobody noticed. But she grow and got more active and most things you just can not do when a little bird follows you around, constantly peeping, demanding to be warmed, feed and teached how to be a chicken.
And I fail as chicken mom in many ways .... she is not very social with other chickens, she still likes me best and wants to be with me all the time. I lucky that she made friend with a rooster I had to take in b/c of an injury. They now live together in a seperate coop but she still cries when she sees me and wants to sit in my scarf or on my shoulder. That may sound nice, but it is not.... it is heart wrenching for me and for her. Everytime I leave she makes clear that she would like to come with me .....



Piep in my skarf


This is Piep three month old.... I left her for 15 min alone .... two pot plants, her chicken raiser and a box with cornflakes mixed up on my floor.

 

[david6865988]

It looks just like the welsumers i raised the age looks very young maybe 2 weeks to young to tell gender

 

[RedJungleFowl]

Too early to tell.

 

[holm25]

It could me an Easter Egger, but I don't see a beard which most Easter Eggers have. It could also be a Welsummer, Brown Leghorn, or Speckled Sussex, among others since many breeds look like that when young It is too young to tell the gender, I would post more pictures in about 5-6 weeks.

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[holm25]

Post pics in 1 week amd we will see. If its a Welsummer it is a pullet if not a Welsummer I dont know gender.

 

[Lizzil]

These Birdtrude shots were taken two days ago. She's growing so fast I cannot believe it! Still look like a Girltrude and not a Dudetrude? Fingers crossed! And and Easter Egger or Welsumer? I've been looking at lots of pics of both and I can't figure it out. She's still being spoiled rotten. Today we went on a woods walk with me brushing aside dead leaves and turning over logs and us hunting for snacks for her. There wasn't much so when we came home I repotted a few plants just to find her some worms. It's her new favorite food so I'm seriously thinking about vermiculture now. Thanks so much!