The red is a rhode island red, does anyone kow what the blacks are? the wings are irredecent green.
here is a pic of new hens in new house
my coop is finished and hens have moved in
I have a Harco Black that has the same thing. They're suppose to have a red tinge on neck and breast, but mine doesn't have any red.
Sweet! Good job on the coop. Sounds like my black australorpe, she is jet black but in the sun she has a green sheen to her feathers. My australorpe also has the prettiest black eyes, while the others have the typical orange colored eyes.
Looks great!
Lookin good! Looks like they love it! Your hen sound like an Astrolorpe for sure!
Thankyou for all the input, a woman who works with my dh gave him the hens, her rooster had pecked them badly around the neck. she had babies hatch about a year ago, she is not sure what they are. one of the blacks has red eyes one had black eyes. I got my first egg today, they must be happy. my dh and I just can't stop picking things from the garden and feeding them. This is fun. thankyou all
carol
wow 2 more eggs today, that is one from all three, I was told they probably wouldn't lay for a week so I am happy, how many years do they lay? live? their names are finger, likin and good finger is the red likin is the black with red eyes good is black with black eyes. they are laying hens, so won't ever be eaten, unless they quit laying at two and live to be 10 then dh probably will
Looking good coop! Congrat on two eggs! Really I don't know how they live LOL. I hope they will live forever! Mine is one year old.. still laying eggs daily!
it's hard to say how long a hen will live some die right after starting to lay, some live a few yrs and keel over, others will last for yrs. i still have my 1st hen, i think she going on 6 and she still lays. not everyday but she lays.
good job on your first coop. i can't wait to see you next one. i give you a yr before the next one lol.
each one of mine got a a little bigger and more versital. i love raising chickens.