I'm having exactly the same experience, except mine are not sitting on any eggs. They're in side-by-side nesting boxes. I was surprised to see them brooding at this age. It's only their first season and they've only just started laying.
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I have a small mixed flock that were all purchased as chicks in February, and they all started laying around the end of July - the beginning of August. The 2 white Cochins are both already broody and have been for the last 3 weeks. First, it was just one, but soon after, the other...
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I ended up with 4 roosters from the Lavender Orpington bin at TSC and one of them is just such a sweet boy I'm thinking of keeping him. I have a mixed flock and I'm curious if anyone has any experience with crossing a LO rooster with any of the following:
- white cochin
- black cochin...
The one on the back right, standing up, is the one I thought was a pullet. The head's down one is the one in question, and it's sounding like he's a dude. I've never had this much trouble figuring it out at this age, but the shredding is affecting how pointed their feathers are. So, I'm left...
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I've posted about Chonk in another forum, tracking the growth of my farm store LOs from McMurray Hatchery. I wasn't initially going to get LOs (because of the shredder gene) but these poor babies looked so pitiful and stressed (one had splay leg, one had pasty butt) that I just had to...
These dudes are the poster boys for Meyer Hatchery's LO stock. I bought them in bad shape at the feed store, which I don't blame them for necessarily. On the other hand, the shredding...if anyone is thinking of getting their chicks from Meyer, this is what you get.
9-week update. Here's Stormy, Steve, and Chonky Boy. Lola Belle is very clearly a pullet and she even snuggles next to one of my EEs on the roosting bars at night while these 3 dudes hang out on the opposite end. So, now I have 3 cockerels I must rehome as Stormy and Steve challenge each other...
Hi all, I have 3 lavender orpington cockerels that are 8 weeks. From the straight-run bin at TSC, and unfortunately, they're each too good at roostering already. Not crowing yet, but terrorizing my existing flock, trying to battle out who will be the head of the flock. Neither of them mind being...
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I have a mixed flock of 9. They're primarily large but docile breeds, including 2 Black Giants, 3 Cochins, 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes, and 2 Easter Eggers. They're still young - around 13/14 weeks. I was brooding 4 Lavender Orpingtons from the straight run bin, which are now 7 weeks...
Six weeks old! I got a stomach bug and missed the 5-week photos, but here you go. Poor Chonk has the weirdest feathers coming in. I've never seen them like this. They look painful.
As it stands, I suspect I have 3 cocks and 1 pullet, Lola Belle.
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I searched and searched for the answer to this, and there doesn't seem to be any consensus on what can cause this. My 4-week-old Lavender Orpington developed a hole in its beak overnight. I've seen no signs of bullying by the other chicks. He doesn't seem interested in sticking his...
Those are exactly my thoughts. You can't help but guess, especially regarding chicks from the straight-run bin. I suspect Lola Belle is a pullet. She (?) also tends to hang out by herself on the roost while Stormy and Stella bump chests and flap around. Chonk is suddenly timider than the others...