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  1. NatJ

    Sexing 3 week old chicks

    That sounds good. If you want the fun of giving them treats, you can get a little bit of their chick starter wet and offer it to them. They start out scared of the new thing, then they try it and wipe their beaks and think about it, but after that they usually love it. Wet chick starter as a...
  2. NatJ

    Sexing 3 week old chicks

    Many people recommend one rooster for 10 hens. That is about right for a big commercial breeding flock, where they want the fewest possible roosters while still having all the eggs be fertile (which is where that ratio originated.) In small backyard flocks, with one or a few roosters, the...
  3. NatJ

    Sexing 3 week old chicks

    You can make a big pen and let all the males live together, apart from the females. That keeps them from pestering the females. Sometimes the males will all get along well enough, and sometimes they fight enough to cause injury and need to be separated. If they grow up together, and you have...
  4. NatJ

    Sexing 3 week old chicks

    I would give them all a bit longer to be certain, before making any permanent decisions. My guesses at present: I think the blue chick in post #2 is a male. The black chick in post #3 is a male (I am most sure about him.) He's got either a pea or rose comb, not single like some of the others...
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