Recent content by Idaho Chicken Mama

Shoot! Are Australorps difficult to sex at birth? Or did I just get incredibly unlucky...

Hey Everyone! I've been researching sexing Black Australorps and I'm at all loss here, so I'm hoping someone might have experience with this breed and help me out :) We added to our flock this year and I was so excited to find Black Australorps at our local feed store. They were supposed to be...

The pavers sound like a great idea! I agree, ours don’t seem to mind the little squish of mud but I hate trecking it around everywhere I walk lol

My main concern isn't protecting the grass, it's ensuring healthy conditions for my chickens to live in. I can always purchase additional turf or cordon off an area to re-seed if needed in the spring. The run was never intended for them to live in but as an area to get out of inclement weather...

We have part of your yard fenced for our chickens to give them the ability to 'free range' outside of their run. We let them roam in the yard every day and didn't have an issue with wet or muddy ground during the fall and summer because it was pretty dried out from the hot months. This is our...

Squash Anyone?

I did! Finally as they've reached adulthood I figured out that the one pictured above is a Blue Orpington (I love her she's the sweetest!) and the other is a Blue Wyandotte :)

Also, as an update to my original post, everyone was correct! We are at 12 weeks and very much a cockerel- starting to make pathetic attempts at crowing and is beginning to flirt with his 7 hens :love

Looks like a pullet to me, my 4 week old Wyandotte rooster had much much more red and larger wattles than this.

Well darn! I guess Myrtle is actually Mert 😂

I have a GL Wyandotte in question. She has always been bigger than her other Gold Laced sisters and developed feathers and wattles/comb quicker than the others. I know that this is usually a sure sign of a roo, but I've also seen a couple on here that turned out to be hens. I noticed this...

They're heading towards 8 weeks. The one in question is the Wyandotte with the large red combs and wattles in each picture.

Thank you so much for updating this! I have a gold laced Wyandotte that developed wattles and combs way earlier than the other 6 Wyandottes, so this gives me hope that my pullet is still a pullet and not a roo!

Hello All! I purchased 8 chicks in total from Zamzows 6 Gold Laced Wyandottes and 2 Blue Laced Wyandottes. However, as my 2 Blue Laced have gotten older I'm beginning to suspect that they aren't Wyandottes at all; especially considering that my gold ladies already have the lacey feather markings...