My 5yo daughter has earned the title of "The Chicken Whisperer" lol the chickens all follow her around and never run from her (they are generally friendly). Yesterday she went in the backyard and asked if she could let the chickens out, I said sure and to let me know when she wanted help putting them back in the coop... I expected her to get bored fast. She was out there for an hour and finally came in claiming she got all the chickens back in the coop and only one was being stubborn, by herself
My 5yo daughter has earned the title of "The Chicken Whisperer" lol the chickens all follow her around and never run from her (they are generally friendly). Yesterday she went in the backyard and asked if she could let the chickens out, I said sure and to let me know when she wanted help putting them back in the coop... I expected her to get bored fast. She was out there for an hour and finally came in claiming she got all the chickens back in the coop and only one was being stubborn, by herself
Great pics! Is the second one a RIR? Out of curiosity, how old is she and do you know how much she weighs? I'm working on trying to figure out if my RIR girl is banty or not. Still new to all of this, lol.
Yes the second one is a RIR She is actually the smallest of our flock, even though they are the same age. Just like people there is a range of sizes that is considered normal. I have a RIR that is noticeably bigger (Fluttershy) than the rest and then the one in the pic with my daughter that is smaller (Scootaloo), Scootaloo weighs about 2.5lbs and my bigger chicken weighs about 3lbs. My brother in law has one and it is TINY, it's full grown and I can hold it in one hand. My chickens are 4 months old and already about 2x the size of his banty hen, they still have some filling out to do before they're done growing. Here's a pic of his banty in the yard with a fully grown hen:
I had the same doubts about my smaller hen, but after seeing his banty I realized my Scootaloo is just a bit on the small side, but not a banty lol Hope this helps
Yes the second one is a RIR She is actually the smallest of our flock, even though they are the same age. Just like people there is a range of sizes that is considered normal. I have a RIR that is noticeably bigger (Fluttershy) than the rest and then the one in the pic with my daughter that is smaller (Scootaloo), Scootaloo weighs about 2.5lbs and my bigger chicken weighs about 3lbs. My brother in law has one and it is TINY, it's full grown and I can hold it in one hand. My chickens are 4 months old and already about 2x the size of his banty hen, they still have some filling out to do before they're done growing. Here's a pic of his banty in the yard with a fully grown hen:
I had the same doubts about my smaller hen, but after seeing his banty I realized my Scootaloo is just a bit on the small side, but not a banty lol Hope this helps
This definitely helps, thank you! We will keep an eye on her as she matures. She may just end up being a small hen. We can't come to any conclusions just yet, she isn't even laying yet. Thank you so much for the picture!
I posted this over in the managing your flock thread. I have a rescue chicken, her owners sent her to me because she was being bullied and abused by the other chickens and they had no time to monitor their flock to correct the behaviors... Poor hen. I just added pics of Sadie.
Are these from the ones we went in on? I didn't think we got any BLRW. I ended up with only one Cuckoo Marans and it is also a boy. I also think my Blue Ameraucana and one of the two Blue Splash Marans are boys too. That means I have a Wheaten Ameraucana girl and (hopefully) a Barnevelder girl and a Blue Splash Marans girl.
Are these from the ones we went in on? I didn't think we got any BLRW. I ended up with only one Cuckoo Marans and it is also a boy. I also think my Blue Ameraucana and one of the two Blue Splash Marans are boys too. That means I have a Wheaten Ameraucana girl and (hopefully) a Barnevelder girl and a Blue Splash Marans girl.
No, I picked up the BLRW when I was in Cali. The barred marans is from the batch we split. I gave the Barnvelders away and the blue Americauna and blue marans are hens.
http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/grd/4048965065.html This is from the parents of a friend of mine here in town, a neighbor complained and now they need to get rid of their 13 laying hens and a coop If you know of anyone interested please direct them to the link.
She is actually the smallest of our flock, even though they are the same age. Just like people there is a range of sizes that is considered normal. I have a RIR that is noticeably bigger (Fluttershy) than the rest and then the one in the pic with my daughter that is smaller (Scootaloo), Scootaloo weighs about 2.5lbs and my bigger chicken weighs about 3lbs. My brother in law has one and it is TINY, it's full grown and I can hold it in one hand. My chickens are 4 months old and already about 2x the size of his banty hen, they still have some filling out to do before they're done growing. Here's a pic of his banty in the yard with a fully grown hen:
If you know of anyone interested please direct them to the link.
