Recent content by Rose the Legbar

Is she your only polish in that flock? Sometimes polish do very poorly in mixed breed flocks due to their crests being a prime target for picking.

Pullet! She is sure soaking up those sun rays 🤣

They both look to be a mixed breed of some sort.

Update on a few of my chicks! I have two confirmed cockerels (bright red combs and wattles) and the rest for now seem to be pullets. The two confirmed cockerels fight each other a lot. I may end up selling one as there is a lot of tension in the brooder because of them. My singular gold spangled...

x2! Honestly I would have figured that with all that comb and wattles at such a young age would mean a definite male at this age, but it is proving me wrong haha! I would update again when the chick is around 11-13 weeks old as thats when male specific feathering comes in.

Some sort of colored egger mix cockerel.

I would keep an eye on 3 and 4 as they may be later developing cockerels. 1 and 2 are for sure cockerels.

Cockerel.

The combs are very large and colorful for that age. The other chicks in that photo show very little if any signs of color on their combs and their combs are still very small.

Both of the white chicks are cockerels. The barred one I think is a cockerel as well.

Number 3 looks like it is a silver spangled appenzeller spitzhauben.

I think I am seeing white chest feathers indicating a pullet. However I would wait another week for the feathers to come in more as any black chest feathers would be a 100% cockerel.

I have a hen with a similar situation (reproductive issue). At first she used to crow every morning and throughout the day for around 3 months but after a bit she has only crowed sometimes. She shouldn’t be loud in the fall and winter and she should quiet down over time. I also wouldn’t get rid...

It’s a silkie but it’s just a poor quality one.

In the last photo, the two chicks on the right are pullets and the three on the left are cockerels