Hello,
We have 3 chicks- 2 x Barnevelder and 1 x Plymouth Rock.
Hoping they are all pullets, and I have been searching through everyone’s photos here- but not sure as we don’t have any others to compare with! They are about 4 weeks old (the Plymouth Rock is about a week younger).
Thanks!
We ordered 3 female chicks from chickensforbackyards.com; a Plymouth Rock, a Rhode Island White. We got 2 extra and we are worried they might be females. This chick has a yellow spot is it a male?
Hello, everyone :)
This is my first post and I wanted to use it to clear out some doubts about fowl pox.
First of all, an 8 week old plymouth hen started to show little black scabs on her comb and eyes 5 days ago, so I immediately proceeded to isolate her from the rest of the flock. I have...
Hello! I am new to the backyard poultry crew but have been using this site for SO MANY THINGS! We currently have a flock of 6. We have gotten 4 of the 6 from a local breeder and ordered them as pullets, as we live in the city where sadly roosters are not welcome. 3 of our originals are laying...
We have a barred rock rooster that got attacked a week+ ago. He was very sweet when I first brought him in (I thought he was a hen). But these last few days he gets aggressive when I feed him or give him water. He bites my hand and I believe tries to mount it in dominance. When I let him out of...
I just want to share. My sister sent me this video, of a homesteader's 3 worst chicken breeds. Link below, if you care to watch.
The very first breed on her list is a Plymouth Barred Rock. Ever since I watched this video, I've been observing Merci's (my Barred Rock) behavior and looking for...
Looks like the flock of baby chickens is growing and always a good idea to keep a heating lamp that for a while until you notice they don't need it anymore. I am loaded with a variety oh baby chicks from Rhode Island red, Wyandotte, Plymouth Rock, Bantam, and the majority of them are Australorp...
Hello! I desperately need help. I have a Barred Rock that I believe is laying internally, and I don’t know what to do. I discovered she wasn’t doing well when I picked her up and her abdomen was as hard as a softball. I tried to feel around in her vent, and I’m honestly not sure what I felt. The...
We have a small homestead/farm in New Hampshire (US).
We have 13 laying hens we got last year and a RIR rooster ("Sam") that sired 35 RIR and RIR/PBR chicks with them this year. Those incubator-born birds are about 3 months old now. We lost four of those early on, and about 7 of the 55 total...
Free to a good home!
I have two Plymouth Rock Hens who are about a year and a half old. My girls have served me well over the last year but I haven't been able to give them the attention they deserve lately with a baby on the way. They each lay about 6 eggs a week. Located in College Station, TX.
We didn't know that you could tell the sex when we hatched them. Here they are in their 4-5th week. I have been reading up but I am still unsure about them. Anyone want to guess?? My kids want to name them so bad. lol When I look back on when they were little, number 2 looked most like a rooster...