Posts by howfunkyisurchicken

Congrats on your fuzzies!

Quote:Originally Posted by greenfamilyfarms Campines are a smaller breed. They are kind of between the size of a bantam and a large breed chicken.This. Depending on what your other breeds are, she probably is likely to stay smaller....

What you're probably seeing is a cecal poop. Its normal If they're drinking more water than they should, the poops are usually just mostly water. Those cecal poops can range in color. They're gross, but normal. Not every dookie is the...

They're both splash Blues are more blue, even at hatch (if that makes sense). And yes, chicks of the same breed and sex can grow at different rates. Feather sexing also doesn't work on most breeds, usually just the ones that mature...

I use a regular, white incandescent bulb and have never had any picking/cannibalism problems. In my opinion, those issues are usually from lack of space + the light being on all the time (the light exacerbates the problem bc they're up...

If the feathers are coming in any other color than buffish/red its a cockerel. Sex linked hens can be sexed at hatch. The males and females are different colors...

They look like cute little chicks to me I have no idea what gender they are. I've never raised either breed, and crested birds are super hard to sex at an early age!

I forgot to post back to this thread, sorry! I agree, it looks non-bearded to me as well. Even my day old Silkie babies are obviously bearded

644171- any update on Rosie? Did you get her back?

In my opinion, you'll make them colder if you let them have the lamp for a while and then turn it off. Think of when you crawl out of a nice warm bed into a cold house, it can be a shock right? Either leave it on or turn it off, but I...