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Comments on Picture Gallery 4 (2nd batch of Amberlinks)
Hi
I got 2 amberlinks from you at 10 weeks old to go with the 2 warrens my friend got me. They all settled together straight away and roost together really close. They have got their own characters already and run each other down in a morning when i let them out and in an evening when they get their treats they cluck away to me. They are great thank you so much.
Thanks Maxine, I do like to hear from happy customers!!!! lol I'm so pleased all your girls get on well, and I hope you will let me know when they start to lay!
They will be 14 weeks old tomorrow, so hopefully you won't have to wait very long!!!
hi ann we all home now chickens all ok we put cocralls in with mine girl and 1 of the corcalls tryed 2 kill the white chicken so jim had 2 kill them and mum helped plucked them so snowbell is ok now
Hi Luke! We were just thinking about you!! Lovely to see you and Mum and Jim, and thank you for all your help this week!
Sorry the cockerels didn't like Snowbell! How is Bonny? Are the others alright with her?
I'm sending you a couple of photos on your email! Take care all of you and take care of those chooks!!! See you soon!!!
Ann & Brian
Hello, I baught 6 {1week old} Amberlinks today from a TSC in my town.
They were assorted so I am not sure if I have hens or cocks, and the lady just got me ones that look more girly but to me they all look the same. Do you by chance know a way I can tell.
I have never heard of this breed they were on sale and when I got home and pulled up a pic of a grown one I was in love very beautiful so I am glad I got them.
Thanks for your time, hope you can help me.
Hi Kari, yes the Amberlinks are a pretty bird aren't they? Can be a bit flighty until they start laying though, ours used to fly over a 6ft fence! and they can sometimes be prone to feather pecking, but hopefully yours will be okay!
Amberlinks are feather sexed in the hatcheries at birth, so usually with ours, we get all girls, but have had 3 cockerels in the last 3 years! With feather sexing, it is done between 1 and 3 days old and if the primary wing feathers are the same length as the coverts, then its a boy, if the primary wing feathers are longer, then its a girl!
But generally we can tell the boys quite early, say 2-4 weeks because their combs and wattlesgrow very quickly! Except in teh case of Rosie, who was our smallest bird in the flock, but had huge comb and wattles. she never crowed and never laid an egg. We re-homed her last year as we needed the little ark where she lived as the other birds kept bullying her. She will be 3 years old on 7th September, and her new owner told me the other week that at this great age, she has actually started to lay eggs!!! lol
Hope this helps a little?
Hi Annie & Brian, many thanks for the two Isa Browns I have only had them a few days & up to now 5 eggs. One seems to lay just after lunchtime the other at night time.
Both now named by my grandson as Ellie & Rosie. I am eternally grateful for your advice & knowledge being a Newbie at Chicken keeping.
Very pleased customer.
Harry xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you Harry, very kind of you to comment on the girls. Hope you have many eggs from them!