UPDATE: No issues whatsoever. The smaller two chicks run circles around the three older pullets. Everyone gets along. Even the rooster doesn’t seem to notice them.
Just to update everyone: I learned that the farm I got the parents from has a gray chicken that looks just like this one but fully grown. That hen would be an aunt to my chick. Sounds like it will stay this color. Picture of my chick (suspected pullet) taken today. Approx 7 weeks old.
They once were combined and it didn’t fare well for the chicks born to the RIR. (Chicks born since are doing well!). They are separate for now but will be together again eventually. It was never the plan to adopt the five Golden Comets, but my grandfather decided to stick to pigeons when my...
Hello from southern Virginia! We are newish to chickening. We were gifted our first small flock of three hens and rooster (Rhode Island Reds) about a year ago and since then have gained five additional adult chickens in a second flock (Golden Comets). Glad to be able to ask questions here!
We were gifted three hens and rooster which I assumed were all Rhode Island Reds, but the giver calls them “farm chickens.” Anyway, broody hen sits on eggs, out pop two black chicks with yellow bums and a gorgeous gray chick. Any idea what they’ll look like as adults? Pics of chicks and parents...
We have a small flock of three hens and a rooster and are letting the hens hatch and raise their own chicks. We have three chicks being raised by two hens (they shared a nesting box and seem to be co-parenting well). The chicks are a week old. The other hen has now gone broody in a different...