MJ's little flock

[MaryJanet]

How long do you need to withdraw the eggs. Usually everything clears in 14 days.

Permanently Mark told me however, I found both his opinion and your's stated on this page.

 

[MaryJanet]

Question: Do chickens take naps during the daylight hours?

I've not seen anyone else's answers yet, but yes. Here's photographic evidence.

 

[MaryJanet]

I think we all need to join RC in Chicken Breeds 101!

Yes. I agree.

Let's start with this one. She's a Mayoral Blue (colouring) Bantysweetcheeks (breed).

 

[MaryJanet]

And this one is a Golden Darling (colouring) Ladycakes (breed).

 

[micstrachan]

It not mature yet. The comb is small. Yes I'm sure about the feet. Don't you believe me? View attachment 2471352

Haha! Of course I believe you, Bob! YOU have a Golden Lace Wyandotte in your flock and would have a much keener eye than I on them. And, yes, I DO think I see the foot feathers now. So what do you think? Golden Laced Cochin? I haven't spent much time (none, really) investigating golden laced varieties, since the Wyandottes are the only ones available through my feed store. (I'm a bit paranoid about diseases and now realize I've kind of cornered myself into chicks from the feed store unless I start all over in a new location someday.

 

[Shadrach]

Well, you’re also not trying to raise a small flock in a suburban backyard with anti Rooster laws, so we are both at an advantage there. A flock of 3 is bound to make a chickeneer a little more particular in gender discrimination! And the number of “stealth roosters” I’ve seen hiding their gender until the last moment... lol one of Hawks boys didn’t Crow or have clear saddle feathers for a full year!

I don't think I've made my point very well.
If someone was going to get some chickens then knowing what sex they are would help in avoiding getting males if that was important.
Once you've got the chickens then the deed is done so to speak. You can't put them back if you've hatched them, or one of your hens has.
Until a rooster starts crowing in the vast majority of cases, no one will complain and with regard to the law, you didn't know what sex the creature was. They don't demand you get rid of a chicken because it looks like a rooster, at least I hope not.
The options at any stage if you should one end up with a rooster in a no rooster zone is the same, kill and eat it, or rehome it. It doesn't really make any differnece whether that's at two months old, or six months old.
Or, to put it another way, the time to get rid of a rooster is when it starts behaving like a rooster and at that point you will know in most cases.
I beleive with some hatcheries you can return chickens if they are not the sex you ordered. What a dreadful system.

So, in the majority of what sex is my chicken posts, it seems to be curiosity rather than necessity. By the time the hens are laying it should be apparent what sex all the chickens are and for those that only want chickens that lay eggs then that is the time to get rid of the males. By that time, it should be apparent which are males and which are not.
It's not as if you'll be out buying pick clothes for the females and blue for the males and don't want to buy the wrong stuff.
Even in my circumsatnces there are only so many males I can keep. Until they become a problem, if they become a problem, it doesn't matter what age they are.

 

[Shadrach]

Question: Do chickens take naps during the daylight hours?

Yes.

 

[Shadrach]

I just figured, with all your chickeneering experience, you’d have an eye for developing pullets and cockerels.

I did try for a while to work out what sex they were at an early age then the brain kicked in and I realized it didn't really matter and I stopped bothering.
Regarding breeds, I know a decent amount about some of the breeds in this region but I'm not remotely interested in what some SOP body deems to be the correct breed attributes.
I've got a bunch of mixed breeds here now; nature it seems will do that.
When people ask me what sort of chickens there are here, my usual responsne is the sort with feathers.

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes. I agree.

Let's start with this one. She's a Mayoral Blue (colouring) Bantysweetcheeks (breed).

View attachment 2472098

To be fully accurate, she is a pure bred Dark-eyed Mayoral Blue Bantysweetcheecks. Often referred to as a ‘Blue DeB’. Very special. Very rare.

 

[Scrambles83]

I don't think I've made my point very well.
If someone was going to get some chickens then knowing what sex they are would help in avoiding getting males if that was important.
Once you've got the chickens then the deed is done so to speak. You can't put them back if you've hatched them, or one of your hens has.
Until a rooster starts crowing in the vast majority of cases, no one will complain and with regard to the law, you didn't know what sex the creature was. They don't demand you get rid of a chicken because it looks like a rooster, at least I hope not.
The options at any stage if you should one end up with a rooster in a no rooster zone is the same, kill and eat it, or rehome it. It doesn't really make any differnece whether that's at two months old, or six months old.
Or, to put it another way, the time to get rid of a rooster is when it starts behaving like a rooster and at that point you will know in most cases.
I beleive with some hatcheries you can return chickens if they are not the sex you ordered. What a dreadful system.

So, in the majority of what sex is my chicken posts, it seems to be curiosity rather than necessity. By the time the hens are laying it should be apparent what sex all the chickens are and for those that only want chickens that lay eggs then that is the time to get rid of the males. By that time, it should be apparent which are males and which are not.
It's not as if you'll be out buying pick clothes for the females and blue for the males and don't want to buy the wrong stuff.
Even in my circumsatnces there are only so many males I can keep. Until they become a problem, if they become a problem, it doesn't matter what age they are.

It was total curiosity, correct they were bought from a farm nearby and if they turn out to be roosters she will take them back and replace them. They weren’t ordered as such, just a request for pullets and she’s given me what she thinks are.
I guess not having a vast flock of birds (which I very much wish I had the land and opportunity to do so) I am just excited having 2 newbies and that curiosity got me to post the question in here ☺
I’m sorry to have ruffled any feathers by doing so I appreciate all your replies