I’m betting that it’s the little one, just Becuase she turned five weeks and has a red comb already and just somehow looks like a boy to me. My question is what do you guys think? We have three chickens. Two are pullets I believe. We have one buff Orpington 7 weeks old, one barred rock (or...
Hi all, I have my first rooster. He is 4 months old and has been quite busy with my hens the last few weeks. My hens are all over a year. Is there a specific age that my rooster needs to be to be fertile? Or is he good to go?
Also, I’m wondering how the genetics and coloring will work. I do not...
I have two buff Orpington roos in need of a good home. Both beautiful purebred and hand raised and only five months old. We are just not set up for two roosters (I only have six hens). I ordered eight hens and, well, you know how it goes. Free to good home. Not considering a home where they may...
I have 8 week old buff orpingtons, and I currently feed them a starter feed and occasionally throw in some dried mealworms. I was just wondering what other foods, like fruits or veggies, I can start feeding them. Thank you all!:jumpy
My Buff Orpington has spots on a couple of her tail feathers. Is this normal? I don’t think it’s dirt. She’s had them since she started to get her feathers in.
This is Aspen, my 18 week old Buff Orpington. I’m about 97% sure that he is a Roo by the looks of his comb, but it doesn’t look as though he is developing many hackle, tail, or saddle feathers, and his bodylooks about the same as his sisters, who I am almost 100% sure are hens. No crowing from...
when we were setting up the coop last night one of the chicks ran into the chicken wire and scraped the top of her beak. It doesn’t seem to bother her but it did bleed a little. Should I be concerned?
Today I took my chick outside like I always do when I get home from work. Usually she tries to fly and runs around all over the place. Today however she just keeps sitting. It doesn’t seem like she is in pain or anything. Is this normal behavior? She’s almost 5 weeks old now.
I have recently started raising a buff Orpington! (And I’m obsessed with her) I read a lot online about how to sex a chick when they are extremely young and the most common way was to look at the feathers. She has the two layers of feathers and they are different lengths. Her wings are extremely...
So I have 4 buff Orpington hens, due to a sad situation I took in two more hens. These are bantam very small. One of the new hens is getting accustomed to the coop and being let out and laying as she seems happy. The other hen is the smallest and oldest of the flock she is getting picked on...