Recent content by LizaPryor

My bantam flock of seramas and Cochins is keeping us in eggs, and I’ve got 6 in the incubator for the first time. Looking forward to the whole baby chicks thing for the first time!

Very little difference in comb. None of the four has visible wattles. No one has spurs. So we really only have feathers and behavior to go on, and...we're stumped.

OK, this is "Florence," (the black) standing next to MeeMaw, the pheasant. MeeMaw came from a show breeder and is a delicate little lady. Florence is our suspected rooster. Attached pics of Bean (the smoke) and Matilda (the lavender), who came to us with Florence. All three new birds have huge feet!

My daughter acquired this bird from a poultry farm as part of a trio of silkies. Not a straight run -- the proprietor assured her that all three were pullets. I'm increasingly wondering, though, whether this lovely is actually a rooster. I'm uncertain about age, too, which is a complicating...