Please help! I think we have a mix of both males and females but I'm a newbie. These are 10 week old Easter Eggers - which are boys and which are girls? Also, can you tell me why you think what you think so I can learn. If the white one is a cockerel he'll be our flock's rooster.
One of my 2 week old buff Rock chicks is bleeding and the other chicks have been pecking at the bloody spot. I'm not sure how she got injured but it looks like part of her tail feather broke off and started to bleed. Then I'm sure the others started pecking and making it worse. I have her...
We will be getting our newly hatched chicks (from a hatchery) in mid February and are making plans for brooding them. We don't have any chickens right now, so we are building a brand new coop and run. We're going to brood outdoor from day 1 and use a heating pad rather than a heat lamp and I'm...