the size difference is due to age. the larger one is almost 2 weeks older than the other. but i will get pics in the am. hopefully they will cooperate i dont want to catch them and stress them out.
i will try to run out and get better ones in a few. these 2 just look soo different and they are my last hope for a pied male so that may be clouding my view lol.
the smaller one im 85% sure is a hen. brown flights, losing the barring
but the older one has rusty flights, still has baring.
sorry but this bird has never been handled, is free ranged, and you can not get within 10 foot of her. im going to take my photography camera with me monday as she is at my grandparents. i will try to get better photos. buti will not stress her out by catching her.
she could b just about anything honestly. my adult birds threw me some surprises lastyear. she does lool similar but in the middle pic your hen looks king of orangey ? maybe just lighting? but freedom is very dull and drab looking. just a creamy light brown all over
not sure how many of you will remember my original thread.
this girl is still a mystery.
no barring so i believe its a hen
around 6 months old
lighter than a cameo or purple
parents are either purple, silver pied, blue, pied, 2 of them are split bs
thanks guys.
I promise to post updated pictures as he/she gets older. (baring no accidents since he is a free range chick)
maybe as he gets older his color will be more clear.
but he is a real mystery. and yes his parents threw me quite a few curve balls.
still kicking myself for selling the...
sorry this chick has only been touched once. and that was only to check his legs on hatch day .
one of our cochins hatched him. and he is living a free ranged life with momma.
its not solid colored. it is a creamy white color on the head and belly. and the back is a purply color.
not quite the same as cameo.
but also not a blacksholder.
maybe purple blacksholder?
im stumped.
the trio he came from stumped us.
its a purple hen and a blue male and hen (well appear to...
ok this is scotch .
he and his hatch mates hatched Monday .
he looked like a white chick at first.
but his wing feathers are cream/ brownish.
parents are a purple hen, blue hen, and a blue male. so a light chick was a surprise to begin with. (granted they could be split to anything.)
the other 2...
I did pen him in the shed for a while yesterday so the girls had a break. Which cooled him off some
Right now i have nowhere else to pen anyone.
I already seperated my ducks because he almost killed my drake last week.
Today he seems fine. Although she is nervous when he gets close.
He...
So the last 2 days my male has been chasing one of my hens relentlessly. He does not give up.
I know this isnt normal.
Unless its because hes new to this.
Hes 2 this year.
Anyways i can get him to stop.
I have 3 hens and he only does it to the 1
im in Arcanum, near Greenville.
I have silkie chicks for sale (blue and splash)
and looking for bantam cochins (any color)
would trade silkie chicks for bantam cochin chicks
otherwise $4 a piece on the chicks.
pm me if interested as I may miss the replies.