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Well my chickens were completely free range in my back yard, but liked to sleep on my porch. So I put a light in the coop and cooped them up for a week and they have been succesfully retrained to sleep in the coop. However, while they were in prison I put up a fence around the coop and opened up...

I think I am going to keep them in for a week. I have been giving them fresh fruits and veggies in the mornings in addition to their feed so hopefully itll ease some of the boredom. I did hang the light in the coop about a week before I decided to lock them up and turned off all the porch lights...

Plenty of room in the coop, but no matter how much space they have I still feel guilty locking them up after theyve been free range so long :( but just guessing I'd say the porch steps are about the same height as the coop roost but the coop does have rafters that they could easily get to which...

Thank you. Thats whats I was guessing was about a week or so. Hopefully the 7 days will do the trick!

So did you still let yours out during the day and just put them back in only at night when you did it?

When I only had 5 chickens it wasnt too serious but since getting 16 new additions, the poop on the porch has gotten out of control. I prefer to free range and after 3 years of having chickens Ive never lost 1 to a predator so I hate to lock them up, I just need to train them to sleep in the...

We have a pomeranian and rat terrier mix in the yard with our free range chickens. I'm a firm believer that barking dogs help to keep potential predators out of the yard and keep the chickies safe. They do chase the chickens for a few seconds occasionally but have never done any harm, Even when...

And here's the other one, they both have longer tail feather while the one I'm 100% convinced is a roo still have barely any tail feathers. But the larger combs and wattles are throwing me since I've heard sussex always tend to be misleading going by the comb. And here are all three that I'm...

My got a couple of speckled sussex I'm still unsure about. They should be about round 10-11 weeks old now.

Not seeing any mold in the food or anything. She's still acting about the same though. Seems fine while she's inside and I've been taking her outside for a little while but you can still tell she's not feeling too good. If it was due to the heat, any idea how long it usually takes them to perk...

I've got her quarantined inside now with food and water. She's definitely eating and drinking. Seems to be more alert now that she's inside in the ac. Access to water and food outside wouldn't have been an issue as we do have 3 different sources for water that they can get to. Crop seems normal...

Hi everyone, I have a 10-11 week old EE pullet that has been acting lethargic the last 2 days. Everyone else is happy and healthy in the flock she's 1 of 16 of this age. She's normally pretty stand off-ish compared to the other but when I noticed how she was acting I picked her up with no...

I haven't saw any aggressive behavior towards the other chicks so far and he does love to sit on my lap so I guess I'll just have to play it by ear for now. Thanks for all the help though, I'll try and post pics after I hear the first crow in case anyone's interested.

Yea that's what I figured once he starting feathering out. I have 2 batches of chicks right now, 8 EE and 8 Speckled Sussex and so far it's looking like 1 roo in each group but this one's temperament is very different from the SS cockerel. The EE is not really aggressive or anything but he does...

Alrighty, will do. Thanks for the help though, gives me a little peace of mind haha

Amy opinions on this little one? I recently bought 8 Easter eggers sold as sexed pullets but this one has me a bit concerned

Update on my speckled sussex at around 6 weeks, one week I'm thinking pullet and the next I'm thinking cockerel. Any opinions on this one?

It's almost completely feathered at this point. Reminds me of a calico cat haha. I've read that pullets tend to have a fairly consistent pattern while cockerels tend to have more of a splash look to their pattern. Anyone know how true this is? Here's a picture from earlier today showing how it's...

Here's a straight on picture of its comb

I will definitely try to get a better picture of the comb and I'll update the thread as they get older for a more definite answer, but thanks for the input so far! I've also read a few threads discussing the coloring of ee chicks being a sign of roo or pullet. Any opinions based on its color?