my rooster is about a year old. he was fine until he started limping at about 7 weeks old. it gets worse during the winter, we've been giving them vitamins in their water since he started limping and he hasnt ever gotten better. we tried to get a new rooster but it turned out a hen, so we have...
not sure about age. anywhere from 4-6 weeks.
brown easter egger is allegedly hen
black and white is allegedly hen
grey cochin is hopefully a rooster
grey easter egger is hopefully a hen
really hoping they were accurately sexed, but doubting it
(sorry for the bad photos they are not...
is this roughly 5 weeks chick a hen or rooster? really hoping shes a hen bc i already named her brünhilda and dont rlly wanna kill her. her tail seems short for a hen chick to me
ik they are a little young i think around three weeks.
the yellow one, 'borp' is supposed to be a hen
the light gray cochin 'abraham' is supposed to be a rooster
the black and white 'jane' is supposed to be a hen
the dark grey one 'greta' is supposed to be a hen
got this chick at local feed store. its about 3 weeks old, it was grabbed from the 'mixed orpington' bin, but its black and white? ive never heard of a black and white orp. is it one?
I have chickens, but they dont go broody, i am buying new chicks soon, do i need to have them inside with a heat lamp etc like with the first chickens or can i put them out with the other hens and they will take care of them?
we live in the woods and have seen foxes around, but chased them off and hadnt seen them for a while. A few nights ago, one of my chickens was left outside on accident when i locked up the coop for the night. She was eaten by a fox. The next day, we let the chickens out to free range in the...