I'm a newbie in the chicken world.
Just lucked into these 12 pretty babies at a local petting farm.
Can anyone tell me what I have.
I can get some better pics if these aren't clear enough.
Thanks and can't wait to learn from everyone!!
Please excuse me if I don't paste these pics right ...
In the second pic, I see a Speckled Sussex, then a Turken, a Cochin cockerel, then a Buff Brahma. Not sure if the white ones are Cornish Rock Crosses or White Rocks.
Thanks, Cynthia!
I took some better pics of the white ones and spotted ones.
How soon should I be able to tell gender?
I was suprised to hear the gray one is a cockerel!
It looks like I have 4 cocks so far -- the cochin, a white one, the turken and a speckled one. They are all hopping around towards each other and flaring their neck feathers. The turken even has a cut on his neck. I think I'll seperate them tonight.
You have some Barred Rock pullets in there, but I'm not a "white chicken person", LOL. Not sure which you have, Cornish Cross or pure White Rock. I think the blue/gray one is a cockerel, but I've been wrong before. Do you have any idea how old they are?
Arlee, I haven't been this excited since ... gosh, I don't know when. It's a sad life. Just kidding!
I am having so much fun with them.
My son sits in the coop to do his homework.
I sit out there as long as I can just watching them, trying to get them to come to me on their own.
They're skiddish -- they came from a petting farm and had kids grabbing at them all day.
The owner said they were 6 weeks old when I got them and that was about 4 weeks ago.
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Chickens do that, all 4 of my pullets do the same thing, all day long. At least I HOPE that isn't strictly cockerel behaviour! Or I got 4 roos instead of pullets! LOL