I am a serious greenhorn to backyard chickens, help!

[michaelgant]

 

[Kiki]

He looks like a boy to me but I know zero about this frizzle type.

 

[michaelgant]

sorry that the rooster has three pics uploaded, hit the post a few too many times

 

[michaelgant]

The Frizzle is nicknamed TRUMP and the orange bantam is PHYLLIS DILLER

 

[michaelgant]

Or is there a chance the frizzle lays the same color eggs as another girl? I had a new layer once and t took awhile to realize because her eggs were virtually identical to another's. it wasn't until they both actually laid the same day that I was sure.

I don't think so, the other two are bantams and they lay smaller eggs. Have not seen the Frizzle in the nest box yet as I have the other two.

 

[michaelgant]

Like the others said, how old is the frizzle and can you post a photo showing the head, especially any wattles and comb. A profile showing legs, posture, and configuration could be a big help. I'm not familiar with frizzles but a close-up of saddle and hackle feathers might be really informative. But if the chicken is crowing it is almost abolutely a male.

This link should take you to a thread on how to tell if the eggs are fertile.

http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/16008/how-to-tell-a-fertile-vs-infertile-egg-pictures

Welcome to the forum, glad you joined.

They are all the same age, I received them all from the same person as they hatched the same day. The other two have been laying since Feb 17 of this year.

 

[michaelgant]

Please post a picture of your frizzle.
What age is the frizzle?
What kind of food do they eat?

I have posted the pics, have you seen them yet?

 

[michaelgant]

Pics of the crowing hen would be helpful.

I have posted pics, have you seen them yet?

 

[michaelgant]

I have posted the pics, have you seen them yet?

They eat an Organic Laying feed I get from The Tractor Supply store along with fresh greens and fortified insects.

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'm not an expert on frizzles but with those wattles and the hackle feathers I'm sure you have a boy. Sorry.