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They are stunning birds!

I hope he gains a little bit of weight! I've never raised bantams, so I don't have any experience with smaller sizes of chickens. I have raised Coturnix Quail though (but these guys are a little bit more on the fat side). I've had a few chickens like that and thankfully they got better after a...

Good Morning! It's currently 63 and cloudy. We will get a few showers in a couple hours and after that it's going to be sunny all day. There will be a high of 86.

Yeah! There are a lot of people who would be jealous of you! (I might be included in that group... :oops: ) :lau

I agree with the others. It looks like a cockerel. I'm so sorry! I hope you are able to figure it out. I have a friend who has a rooster but she isn't allowed to have them were she lives. She takes him into her basement in at night and lets him out later in the morning so he doesn't bother...

Good morning! It's 57 right now at 6:50 in the morning. The highest will be 82, with a few showers in the afternoon. Hoping to get quite a bit of rain for the garden and flowers we are planting. It's been completely sunny with no clouds for the past few days, and the plants could use some water.

She looks like an Australorp to me. From what I can tell, she has the right color feathers as well as legs, beak and eyes that Australorps carry. Does she have any golden or silver feathers on her neck?

That looks like a cockerel. As @FayeAndHisChooks pointed out, a Barred Rock hen is normally darker, and he also has a bigger comb. I have a PBR cockerel that is about the same age as yours, and he looks very similar.

I agree with the others. She's a beautiful pullet! The Speckled Sussex is a wonderful and beautiful breed.

I agree with the others. It looks like a Rhode Island Red mix cockerel.

Congratulations @MandyMusshafen!

👀…. :lau I think you guys turned this thread into an emoji war for a little there. I really enjoyed all the posts with just one emoji after another. 🤣

I agree. Both the Rhode Island red and Barred Rock are cockerels. they both have male specific feathering.

I prefer broodies. Natural is normally better. The bigger problem is you only ever have so many broodies and they can only hatch so many eggs, so if you want to hatch a bigger amount of eggs you have to use an incubator. Thankfully the batches of eggs that I have hatched in the incubator lived...

Thank you for the follow @BirdWrangler! Welcome to BYC. You take some gorgeous pictures! Your flower pictures are beautiful.