North Carolina

[mayberrygirl]

Isn't it just the coolest thing to crack it open and get 2 eggs from 1 shell?

 

[jdeoliveira74]

she is about
7 weeks old all my other chicks have tail feathers except her..she has be slower to feather then the rest too

how old is it? if its an ee, depens on wheather an amerucana or an araucana was used to make the ee. but it just could be slow to feather in or have had it plucked out can you do a pic of it?

 

[marlowmanor]

Isn't it just the coolest thing to crack it open and get 2 eggs from 1 shell?

It was pretty cool! I had only seen pictures of double yolk eggs. It was pretty neat to get one from our own flock.

 

[marlowmanor]

she is about
7 weeks old all my other chicks have tail feathers except her..she has be slower to feather then the rest too

Could you get a picture of the chicks head and comb area? I'm thinking it may be a boy. The amount of red on it and the fact that it is developing slower are good indicators of being boys. If there is a comb already developing it would be a definate rooster sign. I know with my first set of EEs I knew which one was my rooster by the time they were 5 weeks old.

 

[marlowmanor]

Cuteness for the day. This was taken a week ago.
My middle son going in for a kiss on Captain(our Polish chick, named for the picture in my avatar!)

 

[NewHomesteader2010]

Just "popping" on to let everyone know I am still here!!

I had some good news from the doctors, but I will spare you all the details!!

Just waiting...and I HATE waiting!! At least we have time to figure out a "cage" for our broody!!

 

[ramirezframing]

Could you get a picture of the chicks head and comb area? I'm thinking it may be a boy. The amount of red on it and the fact that it is developing slower are good indicators of being boys. If there is a comb already developing it would be a definate rooster sign. I know with my first set of EEs I knew which one was my rooster by the time they were 5 weeks old.

Its not the amount of red, you can have a solid red ee hen. Its the darkness of the red on the wings that make me think roo. But with that being said a neighbor has a white with dark red on the wings ee hen.

Jdeliveira I thinks it is a roo but it is slow feathering in so it might still get a tail.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just "popping" on to let everyone know I am still here!!

I had some good news from the doctors, but I will spare you all the details!!

Just waiting...and I HATE waiting!! At least we have time to figure out a "cage" for our broody!!

Glad you got some good news anyway. How about an Easter baby?? course it will only be an Easter baby this year.

 

[marlowmanor]

Its not the amount of red, you can have a solid red ee hen. Its the darkness of the red on the wings that make me think roo. But with that being said a neighbor has a white with dark red on the wings ee hen.

Jdeliveira I thinks it is a roo but it is slow feathering in so it might still get a tail.

RF you said what I was thinking of with the redness on the chick in question. I was thinking of where the red is too. I know there was a discussion about determining genders on EEs by color. I need to find it again it was a nice discussion and I learned a lot from it myself. If it makes you feel better Jdeliveira I had one of my EE chicks that looked like that around 5 weeks old and I suspected it was a rooster. It turned out to be a hen and the prettiest one of my EE group. I would definately like to see a good head shot though. You should be able to see a comb already forming if it is a boy. I was just looking at our 2 white EEs (they are 3 weeks old) and I am pretty sure one of them is going to be a roo because I already see a comb developing on it.

ETA: Here is the link for the thread I was talking about concerning gender determination on EEs. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/463817/easter-egger-sexing-tips-and-tricks-pictures-included
Hope it helps.

 

[Mouzekin]

That is encouraging to see. I am working on my dogs and introducing them to the two we have now. They are only a week old so hopefully when they are bigger there won't be a problem. I have two yorkies and they want to attack. My cavalier king Charles spaniel I thought would be fine but one day she tried to snatch one. Today I had her outside with the chicken. I held her tightly and let the chickadee free range around her. Little scared but hoping forvthe best.

In truth I was really worried about her because she is still all puppy even though she is 110lbs. At first she chased them a bit , but after getting on to her a couple of times she chilled out and resigned herself to sniffing if they came near. I'm hoping to figure out how to train her or Odin to heard the chickens back in their coop once I'm done letting them free range for the day. We live near woods so I don't like to let them roam unless I'm outside with them. We have some HUGE hawks here.