Hi everybody! I picked up a couple day-old Delaware chicks yesterday and although I know it's probably too early to sex them I can't help but notice some big differences in them. I was hoping if any of you have experience with these cute lil fuzz balls and KNEW one was a cockerel I could bring...
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One of my "girls" crowed on Saturday. I got really sad and started looking for a home for him thinking he must be a rooster (I live in city limits and roosters are not allowed). I posted an ad with his picture in my neighborhood site hoping someone outside city limits would want him. I...
I have been reading a lot of old threads and I'm starting to drive myself crazy. I bought "sexed" day old female chicks (you wouldn't call them hens yet right?) at my local feed store. My 2 Barred Rocks are now 2 weeks old. I was reading old posts that said if the white spot on the top of their...
I have been reading a lot of old threads and I'm starting to drive myself crazy. I bought "sexed" day old female chicks (you wouldn't call them hens yet right?) at my local feed store. My 2 Barred Rocks are now 2 weeks old. I was reading old posts that said if the white spot on the top of their...
I sat and watched my two chicks for a while this afternoon and noticed that they kept stretching out one leg and the corresponding wing. They did this several times. Is this normal?
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I'm a first timer raising chickens. I got my first three chicks (Barred Rock) at the feed store over the weekend. They will be 1 week old tomorrow (2/25). I bought a bag of organic soy-free chick crumbles at the feed store where I bought them… It's huge. 40 lbs maybe? That's...