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Hello, Below are pictures of my 7 week old Easter Egger/ Polish chick. I think it is a female, but i am not sure. It is mostly black, with a few brown splotches.I have 2 roosters that are in its flock, and they fight each other. However, this one stays away and just pecks the ground. I havn't...

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a nice day. My 7 week old rooster is getting pretty loud and i would like to put him outside if possible. However, I want him to be comfortable outside, and not freeze. It does not get below 45 degrees here, but he would also have no heating lamp in his...

Can i keep my rooster outside all day and night? He is about 7 weeks old and has most of his feathers. It doesn't get below 45 at night here, but there would be no heating lamp in his coop. Can i put him outside, or should i wait? If i should wait, how long?

He/She is a silver laced wyandotte and about six to seven weeks old. There are three others of this breed in my flock, but none of them have a comb like he/she does. Please help me figure this out! I need to sell him/her if he/she really is a rooster! Thank you and have a wonderful day. -Sophie

Hello everyone. Two days ago, 6 out of the 7 eggs in my incubator hatched. Just this morning i put them in their brooder and they seem to be doing pretty well. I read online that you have to teach them how to drink by dipping their beaks in the water, so i did just that. So far, i have seen all...

Hello everyone, hope you had a wonderful day. Two days ago i hatched 6 baby chicks, and one week prior to that, i bought 4 chicks. At the moment, i am keeping them in separate cages because they require different temperatures. however, I would like to put them all together before too long. How...

Hi everyone, hope you are having a nice day. Today my chicks hatched (on their 19th day) and everything is going well so far. However, one of my chicks still has a little bit of its umbilical cord attached to its belly button. It just looks like dried blood, but is there anything i should do...

Hi Everyone! I am new to backyardchickens, and to owning chickens. I have used this website to answer all of my previous questions so far, so i figured i might as well become a member. I have 4 silky laced wyandottes chicks, and 7 mixed-breed chicks in the incubator (due the 2nd of August). This...

Hello everyone, i hope you are having a wonderful day! Yesterday, I brought home 4 silky laced wyandottes. I put them in their pen and they seem to be doing pretty well, but i am just not sure what "well" should really look like. They sleep a lot, and then get up to drink and eat. There is also...