4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Vanessa]

Please have a look at these pictures and tell me if my chicken is okay ...

 

 

 

This picture is from today

 

 

 

And this had been taken 2 weeks ago...

 

 

 

Thank you

[Redwing]

What are your concerns? with the pics taken from different angles in different lights its tricky to see what you are seeing..

 

How old is your chicken?

[Chickvic]

The only difference I can see is that she's getting redder in the face and her comb is a tiny bit bigger. What breed is she? She looks lovely.

[tom123]

All I can see is what ChickVic said

 

She looks like a buff orp mini???

 

Tom

[Redwing]

The only difference I can see is that she's getting redder in the face and her comb is a tiny bit bigger. What breed is she? She looks lovely.

 

I wondered if thats what I was looking at and thought she might be getting ready to lay as they go redder in the face don't they? thats why I asked the age as I thought that might explain it but the comb isn't very big.

 

She is a lovely looking hen

[Vanessa]

Sorry I should have expressed my concern about the red patches in her face. Well the picture today got taken this evening in the kitchen so its proberly more intensive than the outdoor one but hubby is deeply concernt that she might be bullied by the other chickens.

 

She is an buff orpington bantam and we don't know her age at all. We got told she was about 6 months old but after reckon she might be younger.

 

The only picture I've got from her other side...

 

[Redwing]

Are there any signs of bullying such as missing feathers or blood or anything? is her face sore or a just different colour than before?

[tom123]

I think she is coming into lay!

 

Her wattles are coming through and getting redder. APPARENTLY buff orpingtons who are not laying will start on valentines day Francine Raymond says that.

 

Good luck, lets hope for some eggs soon

 

Tom

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Hi Vanessa

 

I may be wrong but I think the red face is totally normal . I found a closeup of one of my girls to let you see that a lot of the face is red. If you're worried about bullying, I think you would have seen actual wounds or peck marks. Hope that allays your fears .

 

[Chickvic]

They do get redder in the face, wattles and earlobes when they get ready to lay. I don't know how long she will take to mature because I don't have any sadly. My girls have red faces too and none of them were picked on.

 

 

Edited to add - this is Opal who jumps up on the eglu and onto the window sill to be nosy!

Edited January 24, 2009 by Guest

[Vanessa]

Please let her start laying!!!!!

 

In my opinon I don't think she is getting bullied - there is no blood and feathers. I would say her colour is changing but we are very new to chicken keeping (only had the girls since 5-6 weeks) so every now and again hubby just starts to panic ...

[BeckyBoo]

Just to add she looks younger than 6 months to me, I've got a 6 month old Buff Orpington (although not a bantam) and she has much more face furniture than that, so proably and hopefully she's just maturing and come Valentines day you (and I ) should get some eggs! She certainly doesn't look ill or as if anything is wrong to me

 

BeckyBoo

[Falkor]

I think she is coming into lay!

 

Her wattles are coming through and getting redder. APPARENTLY buff orpingtons who are not laying will start on valentines day Francine Raymond says that.

 

Good luck, lets hope for some eggs soon

 

Tom

 

 

ooooh Stella my buff orp will be 27weeks come valentines day so fingers crossed!!!! I will be at Jantys that weekend though! Stella better wait for me to get home before she lays her first , keep her legs crossed!

[Egluntyne]

I can't see anything wrong at all....but I think you must be way out with her age. She looks very much younger than 6 months.

[sti chick]

oh i like the picture with the wobbly bit on top of the head and under the chin. I have 3 sussex hens and to me they look like seagulls cos they havent got those bits yet. are they called watles? Sorry complete newbie

[Vanessa]

I agree with you all that she is proberly quite young. We also got some black rocks that day and maybe the breeder was talking about the black rocks age as they laying now fine.

I am hoping once we got the new walk in run sorted out that soon afterwards I will be getting two more orpingtons bantams to keep her company.

[Chickvic]

The bit on top of the head is called the comb and the 'dangly' bits under the chin are called the wattles.

[sti chick]

The bit on top of the head is called the comb and the 'dangly' bits under the chin are called the wattles.

thank you for explaining. cant wait for my sussex hens to get them as i dont like sea gulls and thats what they remind me of at the moment....poor things.

 

lin