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So I’m still not sure if I have all pullets or if one is a cockerel I heard back from the hatchery on the breed but they didn’t reply from any of my messages about Male or female. I’ve read you can tell by the vent but I’ve also read that age may make harder to tell 🤷‍♀️ Hatch date May 21. 3...

I work at a middle school and the 5th grade science class hatched some eggs. The teacher emailed me after school had let out and said that I could have the chicks. In the photos they are about 4 weeks old. Hatch date May 21. There are 3 chicks. The teacher has no idea the breeds and I am...

I got all these babies about 9 weeks ago. My 2 Smokey pearls have me questioning if the one is a pallet or not. The tail sure reminds me of a rooster. I have never had a rooster so could totally be wrong. I did post on a chicken fb page from my area and so far 2 people have comment that I have...

1 of my 3 year old EE stayed out after dark, I got home within 30-45 min after the sun went down and went straight to coop. Realized one was missing. Found her sleeping under a Bush so put her in the coop on the roosting bar. This am she was sleeping standing up while all others were down and...

My littles are just over 10 weeks old. I now have their brooder inside the coop. At first brooder was in the garage then I moved it to the coop/shed. (We built a wall inside the coop so part of it is a coop and part is a shed. The wall has chicken wire for more air flow) after a couple weeks I...

My chicks are 5 weeks old tomorrow. The temp tonight will be in the upper 40s. Will they need a heat lamp overnight? I moved the brooder to the coop a week ago and started putting the chicks in a “play pen” aka wire dog crate during the day out in the run. Between that and the brooder in the...

Good morning. Sadly, my lakenvelder baby did not make it. Still unsure what was wrong-rickets or something else. Thank you to those who offered suggestions. For my 4 remaining babies.. I have never integrated babies into the flock. So am very nervous about doing this. My older girls are 3. My...

I’ve had chickens 3 years. Since our flock has dropped by half (thanks to someone’s dog busting into our ‘free range’ fenced in area and killing 5 of our girls… we have added to our flock. They are now 3 weeks old. 1 is now showing signs of possible rickets. Her legs and feet are weak and...

I tried posting a question. I think it worked, how do I check? im stil fairly new.. have only had chickens 3 years.