I keep looking and I can’t find a really good answer for how to integrate when I have 10 week old chicks (3 bantams hens 2 bantam Roos and 1 RIR standard) with 5 week old chicks ( 1 bantam and 3 standards).
I had planned to just elevate the open bottom brooder box I’ve had in the run for the...
my current flock mainly consists of 5 bantams and 1 standard chicken (RIR) around 12 weeks old.
I wanted to add a few more so I currently have 3 standard chicks (1 easter egger, 1 legbar, and 1 Cochin) and 1 bantam Cochin. They are 2 weeks old.
I wanted to go ahead and start introducing them...
I’ve got 6 week old chicks. I had them on medicated originally but switched them nutrena chick starter unmedicated. I sent my husband out to get more and he said he could only find the medicated? And of course it’s a 50lb bag. Is that a problem? Side note we have more chicks hatching at the end...
4 week bantams too early maybe but I’ve got some contenders! New to bantams and chicks in the grand scheme.
#1 very submissive and will shy away rarely stands to full height. (Thinking roo)
#2 sweet but skiddish. Also does a lot of crouching down and running in the other direction. First one...
This little 3 week old bantam bin cutie is still a mystery! I’m fairly certain it’s a too but would love to know what it is!
I’m thinking partridge Cochin.
So I picked up this pint size cutie 2 weeks ago. It was the smallest in the bunch of surprise bantams. I got a few d’unccle’s and a partridge Cochin in this round up.
I first thought legbar/Easter egger but it’s wing colors and head markings suggest it would be OEGB. The thing that has me...