[chickenlady]

At 3 wks hens would not have visable combs!? yours do have visable combs but i am unsure about the 2 on the left! i think the back left is a hen but the front left 50% boy/girl!

[woodside farm]

Sorry, I would say all boys    their combs are very noticable and for three weeks old their feathering looks scruffy still. Does all of the brown ones feathering look at the same stage? if some are a lot more advanced they might be girls.

Michelle xx

[lightyears]

My Grandad caught a brilliant shot of me today, its almost like im saying dont mess with me bird. The bird is called Boss hog, she is in charge.

and another

[nzdunn]

brillant piccys, your girlies look lovely    nickyx

[Foxy]

Really healthy looking hens you have lightyear

[chuckie.egg]

Sorry, I would say all boys    their combs are very noticable and for three weeks old their feathering looks scruffy still. Does all of the brown ones feathering look at the same stage? if some are a lot more advanced they might be girls.

Michelle xx

I'm not sure what you mean by this.  all the chicks are the same age (hatched within 24 hrs of each other).  They do all seem to have about the same amount of feathering.

Here's a few more photos... I really hope they aren't ALL boys!!

[woodside farm]

Hi chuckie.egg,
In my experience hens of any breed feather up a lot quicker than the cockerels (I have quite a few different breeds), also the hens have hardly any combs until they are nearly ready for laying (even the leghorns). Looking at the photo's I would say all boys, sorry hope I am wrong.

Michelle xx

[Feeb]

My babies

[kitkat]

Loely birds Feeb, are they all happy and settled together now?

[Feeb]

Awww we had to get rid of the battery chickens, they are living somewhere very nice but with older chooks who can handle them a bit better - my girls are still very young so maybe we have introduce some battery chooks in a few months time

They are very happy and getting more used to us now

cant wait til they are totally happy with us the piccies will be fab!

[goodegg]

here some pics of some of my new girls and boys

[goodegg]

and more

[francais]

Some photo's of my girls...

Looking at the 2nd photo I think the one on the left (poppy) is a blue bell??, but can anyone tell me what the one on the right (Liz) might be please?

Thanks

[The Ora Girls]

The girls have a secure pen in the garden.  It is around 12' x 10', fence one side and trellis (to make it sturdier when manic dogs are charging around) with chicken wire inside that round the rest.  The top is an old gazebo frame and fabric, and over that is camoflague netting - wanted something to give them shade plus keep them safe from birds of prey as we sometimes have a red kite visit the field next door.



That is China Boxer in the foreground.



Inside the pen is a fox proof coop, but as the fencing is secure enough to keep the dogs out the door to it is wedged open to chicken width so they can come and go as they please.



I had a damaged garden arch (thanks for knocking into it so many times dogs!) so I took the top part, added some wood to make perches, and the girls have a climbing frame to play on. (The matting in the pics has been taken off so now they just have the perches and prefer it)





I'm pretty sure that there used to be some of that green stuff down - let me try and remember, ah yes, grass!!!  Then came the chickens!

[Vember]

  Fab Piccies Togirls


Like the use of the arch way too


Sarah