Recent content by BGcoop

Yep they’ll be grand. I have some four day old chicks with a broody momma and during the day they are running all over and just go tuck themselves under her when they get cold. So since yours are well feathered by this point and also have siblings to snuggle with when chilly at night, all will...

Oops, I did it again…. But to be fair this was not planned!!!! I had a broody hen that I have been trying to break for over a month!!! NOTHING was working, so I got these guys to slip under her butt as a last ditch effort. Plus our rooster is not looking so hot…I think that he might be on his...

Oooo interesting thought!

I have a flock of 22. One 3 year old rooster, 13 pullets and 8 adult hens ages 1-3 years. Over the last few weeks the rooster has been fading- staying in the coop more, not always roosting on the top bar at night anymore, and now he is having difficulty walking. He is unfortunately destined to...

Nope. Actually at about a year to 18 months is the age I’ve seen them go through “the change” unfortunately. Of the ones I’ve had go bad on me only one was mean right from the start-(and he didn’t even get a chance to make it to a year. He terrorized everyone including my adult hens so bad we...

you said he’s one year old: his hormones have probably kicked in. Good luck with him. I have never been successful at changing the behaviors of an aggressive rooster.

Can you post a picture of the whole bird- like a side view where you are not holding it? At 12 weeks saddle feathers should be starting to appear

Oh wow! Yeah with wattles like that there’s not much chance for mistaken identity is there! That is a very different looking bird than mine so 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻that she stays a she.

Ah!!! Thank you

Other than saddle feathers, is there anything else that differentiates males/females with the GLWs?

I kind of hope so as I really liked the soft brown eggs from my previous GLWs! but I guess it doesn’t matter either way since I currently only have one rooster and he’s getting up there in years so if this ends up being a weird boy it’ll be fine.

It’s been a few years since I had a GLW and technically I didn’t order any but this is what was shipped to me: this bird’s comb started to get pink at about 4 weeks old, but then kind of stopped at pink- it hasn’t really gotten bright red yet. It also has some slightly darker gold to its wings...

If you read reviews on McMurry hatchery’s site about WTGs there are some people saying their birds did not lay green eggs. While I don’t know the genetics of these birds there is probably a chance that a certain percentage of them lay something other than green.

Yes, I’ve never seen one quite like her

I’m sorry for your loss. I lost a three year old EE in a very similar fashion this winter(without the bloody vent)