Recent content by kristiandthechicks

Yeah, he’s just a mixture of mixtures, I’m pretty sure. Just a mutt chicken 🙂 he’s still a pretty bird and someone will love him. He’s headed to a new home today!

I actually think that it might be my light Sussex hen that’s doing the crowing. I caught her yesterday. Which makes more sense because she’s in my older group of birds. This little olive egger is probably a cockerel but he’s still a little young to be crowing so beautifully. I’ve heard the hens...

Someone up above commented about whether he may be a sapphire gem or blue rock. That’s what I mean by it. He’s a mutt 😂 no clue what he’s mixed with to know if he’s a sex linked mixture is all I meant!

Olivia for sure looks like a hen to me. And to be honest, Teton still looks 50/50 to me. I have the two lavender ameraucana hens (Mary Kate and Ashley) and Teton looks just like them-tail feathers and all. My girls tails straightened out. I’ll see if I can get a picture of them. I know typically...

Your second one still looks like a lavender ameraucana to me. Just my opinion. Can you post a picture of the first one (or both) from the side?

Yes, it was given to me as an olive egger, but I don’t know what kind of mixture it is. You’re thinking cockerel though? Someone in the flock is definitely crowing!

I’m not totally sure what breeds, to be honest. I’ve got some more pictures I’ll attach. I’m still trying to figure it out. To me it looks like a 3 row pea comb and that tail looks a little more curved. Can’t decide if we’re getting in some saddle feathers or not!

Oh no! Let’s try again 😂

She’s ALWAYS squawking about something. She’s the biggest jerk in the flock 😂

Good to know. In real life her legs are more blue/gray, but I believe it. Doesn’t matter much to me. She’s the weirdest bird. 😂 wish I could post a video here. She sings like a songbird. Very strange

My other birds are all definite hens and are old enough to tell for sure. Curious-why do you say EE? She is from a local breeder and should be a brown red ameraucana.

Here’s one of my girls now. She’s starting to feather in her beard and muffs. She’s 9 weeks old now.

These are my lavender ameraucanas at 3.5-4 weeks old. The comb on yours has me inclined to think it’s the olive egger. My babies were more yellowish when they were tiny. I’ll take a picture of them now too.

SOMEONE in my flock is crowing (or at least trying to). All of my birds are between 7-12 weeks old. There are absolutely only 2 it could be and I REALLY think my ameraucana is a hen. BUT he/she displays a lot of behaviors that are more rooster like. So I’ll post some pictures here. The other...

Thank you! It ended up being more related to what I think was constipation or maybe a little blockage. I ended up taking the vitamins and probiotics out of the water for a bit and offered only plain water. I put her back with the flock since separating seemed to do more harm than good. She ended...