Recent content by mlcrowley

You're not kidding! We had to very quickly separate all the males. Like clockwork they hit 7 weeks old and started tearing each other apart. We put them each in their own living space until we could get the males to new homes. Kept the male that seemed the least flighty and the least aggressive...

Thank you for the response! The set up for the little one is basically a wooden box with a hardware cloth lid. We have paper down while it’s still tiny, but usually switch to shavings after a bit with the chickens, that’s the plan for this one once it’s big enough. There’s a small dish of...

Ended up vent sexing (way easier than I thought!) 2 Hens and 5 Roos! #1 and #2 from the original pics are the hens. Thank you again!

Okay, here goes … any and all advice/constructive criticism is welcome, I need as much info as anyone’s willing to take the time to give. This will probably be long, apologies and thanks in advance if you make it to the end. We purchased 10 coturnix quail, they were 5 days old. We lost 3 of the...

Any info on what their color names are? Or would these be considered barnyard mixes like chickens? We don’t know much about where these guys came from, we found them online, but I’m fairly certain it was just a mixed flock all kept together. Are they old enough to vent sex? I’ve never tried...

Thank you!!

I have 7 coturnix quail. We got them 5 days after hatch (hatch date was 10/17). They are now 6 weeks old. Can anyone tell gender based on feather pattern? I’ve read that some colors you can, some you can’t. I’m not sure what colors they even are, we’re brand new to quail. Any info you can give...

No clue where he was from actually. We “rescued” him from another flock where he was getting beat up on by a larger rooster. The lady told me he was a bantam Cochin, but could definitely be wrong!

Pic of Dad just for fun and also cuz I miss that little bowling ball of a rooster terribly.

Here’s a better pic of #3’s comb

Here are some internet photos of similar colored Easter Eggers

#3 has no comb showing at all right now

I don’t have any clear pics of the Easter Egger hens, all 3 were taken, but I’ll see if I can find some photos of similar coloring to what we had.

TLDR: wanting to know hen or roo ;) Parents: Roo - Black Bantam Cochin Hen(s) - Barred Rock for chicks #1 and #2, unknown for chick #3, but will follow with list of breed possibilities, maybe silver laced? These chicks were hatched on 7/31, so they’re a little over 3 weeks old at this point...

it was difficult to get pictures as it’s super windy today, but hopefully these will help a little.