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HI there, We found some 3 week Speckled Sussex chicks for sale sort of local to us. We'd like to get all or most as pullets, and am wondering if there are signs of "Rooster!" that we can look for when we are selecting the chicks we want. Or will we have the same ole' 50:50 chance as a...

New to birds, here are a sample our first chickens, all about 3 weeks old (±1 day when photos taken). We bought 5 Barred Rocks and 5 Rhode Island Reds as ~day old at the poultry auction, hoping that we end up with 4-5 hens. They are all 10 thriving, accepting us taming them, and are...

Hi all, With our new home out more in the sticks (YAY!) we decided as part of our longterm goal of getting closer to the things we consume and increasing our self-sufficiency; we bought some chicks. This after we absolutely startled ourselves with 3 years in a row of being very successful...

We were excited to buy a house a couple years ago that is fairly rural, and have been gradually increasing our self-sufficiency skills ever since. After a 3rd year now with a successful vegetable garden we decided to add chickens. Also Coturnix Quail, but that's not relevant to this thread...