Recent content by Maani

Good morning from Germany, I hope all is well 🙂 It has indeed been a while. I just hatched 2 bantam Amrocks, four speckled Sussex, three bantam Orpingtons and three bantam Sulmtaler last week. Warm greetings and a happy weekend!

No, unfortunately not.

Ok, geez I don’t understand how this happened because the woman I bought the fertilized eggs from did not have any chickens or roosters with pea combs. I don’t mind them being mutts with pea combs or any other mix I need to determine which are cockerels because I can’t have them in my...

Thanks for sending, what breed is this nice chicken? I do have some Wyandottes with pea combs for comparison but the orp combs are definitely normal single combs so far. I am concerned that they are turning red rather early though.

Hello and thanks for your thoughts on these chicks! I agree the two darker ones do look like they have something other than Orpington in them. I don’t see any pea combs though. Oh well, I can’t keep roosters in my neighborhood so I wait another week and then see if someone is looking for a...

Hello and greetings from Germany, I hope someone wouldn’t mind taking a look at my three buff Orpington chicks to determine their gender? I have attached 2 pictures each of chick number 1 and 2 and three pics of chick number 3. Thank you very much in advance, Melanie