UPDATE:
A couple hours after posting this, my sister messaged me telling me that the person whose house Hunter is staying at says that he needs to be out of the house by NEXT WEEK. No further explanation as to what will happen after that deadline.
He urgently needs somewhere to go. I have...
Demeter is right. It is the egg tooth. It is what the little chicks use to open up their eggs!
No problem with the chicks, it will be dry and gone in a couple days!
I don't plan on offering him on Craigslist, there are some weird people on there!
Yes! I contacted one I used to volunteer at which is actually a house away from where he is. No response yet!
Hello, I am not living in Indiana, but my family is. My sister has a dog who is in someone else's care. The person caring for him does not want him there anymore and my sister wants him to go to a good home. Located close Richmond, Indiana and College Corner, Ohio.
He is free to a good home. PM...
Hello, I am not living in Indiana, but my family is. My sister has a dog who is in someone else's care. The person caring for him does not want him there anymore and my sister wants him to go to a good home. Located close to Richmond, Indiana.
He is free to a good home. PM me if you are...
You may be right about the white spot for a male because some breeds of Olive Eggers have that sexlink trait.
For now, you can assume male until it gers bigger and then you can post an update on it around 6-8 weeks old.
If a snake got to it, there is a chance that it could still be hiding somewhere in the coop. Staying near it's food source. If you lost multiple to a snake, then it is very likely that it is still there because it had to be there long enough to go for both at different times.
It is so sad to lose a rooster that you get attached to. Those ones are really special. RIP Big White Roo!
RIR have been, and may still be, used for cockfighting, so they have been bred to be pretty aggressive.
I have had some before, and if I do get some again, it will be when I have my huge...
Her legs are much skinnier than the cockerel next to her in the original pictures, which is a good sign of pullet.
Her comb is reddening much like my Golden Sexlink hens, who are guaranteed females.
She also does not have the very defined neck colors that roosters tend to get, like her brother...
Thankfully where I am I don't have very many predator problems. The only time that I have lost a chicken to a predator was at the beginning of having chickens at this new house. It was a feral cat. At first I thought raccoon and then I saw the cat running from the crime scene.
I keep a live...