Posts by roz

The one in the back left of your second pic looks like a golden penciled hamburg. I have one of those and yours looks identical.

Thanks to everyone who posted. I did end up taking 2 8 week old chicks to school today. The kids had a great time and did really well with the chicks. I'm pretty sure my son's public school would not have allowed it had they known. I...

Hi Marie, We Never did figure it out. She still smells funky. My son thinks she smells like ketchup. She is active, Is always eating, does a hilarious covert running thing where she will dart to one spot, bob her head to one side,...

Thanks for clearing that up for me! For some reason I thought you switch food at 8 weeks and I thought grower/finisher was the same thing. Did I mess up by having my chicks on chick starter for so long? The feed store is closed...

I have 13 chicks that just turned 8 weeks on Friday, and 5 chicks that are 2.5 weeks behind them in age. How do I switch the older ones to grower/ finisher with the younger ones in there? Do I just wait until they are all old enough? ...

My 11 year old son did a report already, even took an egg in on her request. She really wants to see the chicken! Now that I've been knocked to my senses by the first response, I'm happy to take one in, just want to keep it contained. ...

II am looking for a good home for 5 roosters who needed to be hens. If you live in or near MA and would like a handsome blue Cochin boy or two, please contact me. I can send pics on request. I have one that is almost white with one...

Thanks for the input everyone! I'm such an overprotective chicken mama. I would prefer to be inside because I'm afraid the little guy will get loose and We'll lose him. we actually have 5 cockerels we can't keep and I was going to...

There is no sure fire way to smoothly introduce new chickens to a flock in my opinion. I recently even had trouble with chicks that were 2 and a half weeks apart. They could see each other in the brooder, had supervised playtime that...

I am curious to know if my biosecurity concerns are legit or not. My 11 year olds teacher has been dying for me to bring in one of our chicks. I was able to skirt the issue for a while by telling her they had to be under a heat lamp...