Recent content by Fluster Cluck Acres

I agree with you. THey look like they began to develop and then quit pretty early on. That being said, I have a rule of 2 (or 3). I have to candle and consider an egg a goner twice before I actually toss it. But that's mostly my anxiety talking.

Guys! Please tell me this is my imagination! Of my four 4-week old blue Barnie “sexed pullets”, 1 is a boy. I’m okay with that. But what about the others?? Tell me I’m just being paranoid! Cloudy is 100% male. No doubt. In spite of the breast pattern. I get it. It happens. Hatcheries promise...

I wish I was more clever and could create a good caption for this photo. But I’m not…

Here is Kookaburra now for anyone curious. He did turn out to be black, just with a lot of bronze color.

Better pics of what I think may be the barring pattern on my male chick. It’s funny the color is much crisper in real life than I can get on camera even in different lighting. Also included some full body pics. Here is the suspected pullet-

It didn’t come out great in these photos, but I think I’m finally seeing barring on the feathers of my male Bielefelder mix chick. I only noticed it on the fluff under the wing by the thigh and on the wing by the elbow. But it finally looks more distinct than the other color patterns I’m seeing...

Sorry, Ronnie is 12 weeks. (I realized I typed 3, lol!) Definitely a boy. He’s not blue, but is a silver double laced. Cloudy is a blue. He is actually 3 weeks old (maybe thats what I was thinking about before). Cloudy was supposed to be a pullet, but I’m saying no. Here is Cloudy, the...

Ronnie at 12 weeks. He seems to have less patterning now than he did when he was younger. Very curious how he’s going to turn out. Looks like 1 of my blue Barnevelder “pullets” is a roo. Now I’m going to have to choose between the two as they grow up.

She has made some slight improvement. I don’t know if it is compliments of the Benedryl or simply time. She’s still swollen, but not as bad. Laid an egg yesterday and today. Still behaving normally. Still no new signs or symptoms from her or any others. I wish I knew what it was so I could avoid...

I wondered about this, but it happened so incredibly fast. She was fine, and then less than an hour later she was swollen. Thats why I’m thinking it’s a sting. Could fowl pox appear this quickly? Both eyes are clear. She’s behaving normally. No other birds are presenting with issues. She...