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Bought these at WilCo on April 20 and I *think* they were 4-5 days old but for the first several weeks they were noticeably bigger and older acting than the other chicks, despite being the only bantams. At any rate, I think they are around 8 weeks old. One definitely acted like a rooster In...

We had an interesting situation earlier this month and maybe it can help someone else. Clementine on the right We started our flock two years ago raising 8 chicks by hand. Someone started laying fart eggs early this spring once every week or two and we eventually narrowed it down to...

I bought this chick at Wilco sexed as a pullet, but at almost 4 weeks old this Barred Rock is looking like a roo to me. Acting like one too, always the first to investigate new things and eyeball visitors. What do you think??

I don’t know if I’ve meddled too much, worked too fast or if the situation can be corrected but I need advice for grafting our Blue Wyandotte to accept feed store chicks. Last year she went solid broody for three weeks and I successfully gave her three feed store chicks. It wasn’t the easiest...

We have a seven-month-old partridge Cochin rooster in need of rehoming. I purchased him as a chick at Wilco, hoping for a pullet, and have considered keeping him but we simply don’t have the room in our hen house. This rooster is big and only growing! We call him Percheron. He’s still very much...

I’m trying to figure out the breed of this hen. In April we bought this bird and two other Blues (which we no longer have). Two were bought at the feed store as Blue Wyandotte and one as a Sapphire Gem/Plymouth Rock. The Sapphire Gem seemed fairly obvious, longer and leaner but I never was...

Hello all, hoping for thoughts and advice. Our barred rock is apparently trying to lay but no eggs are forthcoming. Our flocks’ first egg appeared on Aug 12, an isa brown who has continued to lay her faithful daily. Bloody stool also showed up that week, along with several soft shelled eggs...

I have a mixed flock of 18-wk old hens, at least one of them has started to lay. I found this mess under the roost this morning. A few are just standing around but the ISA browns and one NovoGen are acting normal, scratching and active. I know I need to treat, but for what? I put Corid in their...

We have a mixed flock of nine 18 wk old birds, of which three are ISA browns, and one a NovoGen. We got our first egg on Wednesday, I’m assuming from those 4 hens as they are acting hen-ny clucking and baaaawking. The others are much quieter and breeds that lay when older. That forest egg was...

Henrietta (Henry??) ~11 wks old Teal, Ameracauna 11 wks Silver Wyandotte 1, 5 wks Silver Wyandottes 2 & 3, 5 wks Salmon Faverolle, ~ 7 wks Blue 1~11 wks Blue 2, 11 wks Blue 3, ~11 wks

Hi, I’ve been trying to place the variety of Cochin I got this spring with no luck. Bought her at Wilco from the “Cochin” bin, no further ID given. Thought it might be gold lace but pics I’ve found of Gold Lace Cochin are very different. She’s about 6.5 weeks old Can anyone help?