- Sep 4, 2013
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Hello everyone,
i have been keeping hens for a number of years now but i have always got them as PoL or ex-battery hens, this is the first time i have had one of my Girls go broody so i thought since my flock is getting on a bit now it would be an ideal time to introduce some fresh blood to the flock. i got hold of what was suppose to be Cream legbar and Sussex eggs of someone on eBay (yeah probably not the best place to get them).
i know it is probably too early to tell what sex the chick are that my broody hen is currently fostering. but they all hatched on the 13th of Aug so they are about 4 weeks old.
from my limited experiance with older chickens i think i currently have;
1 Buff Orpington
1 maran (Cuckoo?)
1 Cream Legbar
1 perkins
I think this one is a she, at a day old her wing feathers were different lengths, comb is still very yellow compaired to one of the other chicks
initally thought it was a he due to "he" loves trying to escape from the enclosure and very inquisitive. but has a very yellow comb.
Redder Comb than the others but it had the "typical" female colouration as a day old.
comb looks really red compaired to all the others, at a day old the wing feathers were different lengths, very timid and will run to a sneeze.
have posted the pics up in the order i listed at the start as to what breeds i thought they were.
thank you for any thoughts on the matter.
at what age can you tell for sure, seen a lot of ppl say 6 weeks old and what should i be looking for?
i have been keeping hens for a number of years now but i have always got them as PoL or ex-battery hens, this is the first time i have had one of my Girls go broody so i thought since my flock is getting on a bit now it would be an ideal time to introduce some fresh blood to the flock. i got hold of what was suppose to be Cream legbar and Sussex eggs of someone on eBay (yeah probably not the best place to get them).
i know it is probably too early to tell what sex the chick are that my broody hen is currently fostering. but they all hatched on the 13th of Aug so they are about 4 weeks old.
from my limited experiance with older chickens i think i currently have;
1 Buff Orpington
1 maran (Cuckoo?)
1 Cream Legbar
1 perkins
I think this one is a she, at a day old her wing feathers were different lengths, comb is still very yellow compaired to one of the other chicks
initally thought it was a he due to "he" loves trying to escape from the enclosure and very inquisitive. but has a very yellow comb.
Redder Comb than the others but it had the "typical" female colouration as a day old.
comb looks really red compaired to all the others, at a day old the wing feathers were different lengths, very timid and will run to a sneeze.
have posted the pics up in the order i listed at the start as to what breeds i thought they were.
thank you for any thoughts on the matter.
at what age can you tell for sure, seen a lot of ppl say 6 weeks old and what should i be looking for?