4 week old

I have a Rouen duckling that’s 4 weeks old and we’ve been trying to sex it, but we’re not going to try and vent sex them because we don’t want to risk hurting them. At first I thought they might be a male because of how yellow their bill is turning. Since adult male Rouens have the yellow bill...

Alright, I confess, I made a big mistake when I decided to bring my three boys along to pick up some chicks. I was completely unprepared for the constant begging and puppy dog eyes. The game plan was just to get three, but somehow we ended up coming home with nine from a straight run. In the...

These babies hatched the same day, from BYM eggs, on March 26th. I was reasonably confident that they were both cockerels but now I'm second guessing myself on the lighter of the two chicks. Are these two boys or is the lighter chick possibly a pullet?

My little pair of troublemakers turned 4 weeks old this past Sunday! As they get bigger, so do their personalities. These guys sure know how to make me laugh. I suspect Pork (barred rock mother, polkie father) is a cockerel, with that prominent red comb coming in. He loves to cuddle and perch...

I hatched 8 silkies, they’re about 4.5 weeks old and I think I have all roosters😅😅. I know it’s way to early to tell for sure butttttt it’s fun to guess. I’ve labeled each picture with a color to indicate pictures of the same bird. I’m almost certain purple is a roo. P.s. these were the best...

Hello! I've been lurking for a while now because I find this forum so informative, but finally got some chicks of my own - my first ever! They are all porcelain d'uccles, and their hatch date is around March 24-26, which would make them around 4 weeks old. I think one is a definite rooster -...

Hello, we have four ducks a month old almost exactly. They just started spending days outside. It is between 65-75 degrees Fahrenheit. They have water and food in a 5x5 pen I made them. Recently, starting this morning, one of our little ones, Peanut, has been acting lethargic. She sits there...

I have two 4 week old dominiques. They were sold to me as female, and all the signs have pointed to them being female (shadowing on legs and feet, getting feathers quickly, uniform spot on head). I have noticed that one of them has a comb that is slightly bigger and getting more red than her...

Hello, I am a first-time chicken parent and am looking for advice on transitioning my 10 EE pullets outside. They are currently 4.5 weeks old and all look fully feathered except for one. I live in mid-Michigan and the weather has been ranging from the low 20s during the day and below 10 degrees...

Is it advised against to give meat birds treats? Specifically oatmeal? It’s a cold day today, and I just moved my 4 week olds to the tractor yesterday. I can tell they’re a bit chilly, I was thinking maybe I’d give them warm bowl of oatmeal to warm them up.

About 4 weeks ago I went to a hatchery and purchased a few chicks as friends for the only chick that hatched from the incubator. I wanted 3 Welsummer chicks 1 boy 2 girls. I noticed a week later, that one of the chicks I thought was a Welsummer looked different to the other two. I felt sure...

I know it’s early and likely too early, but my lavender Orpington has much thicker legs, a more developed comb, and very pointy tail feathers compared to my other two. Is this a breed thing or potential for a rooster? thanks!

So, I don’t know the breed, but is it normal for an almost 12wk old rooster to already be getting jiggy with some hens? I was spending some time with them and El Diablo just went up to our 4wk old Cornish cross hen and grabbed the neck feathers and went at it. I’m new to all this so I don’t know...

Hi, everyone! I feel like I always ask this, but now that I have these chicks what gender do y’all think they are?I’ve never owned barred rocks before and some things lead me to thinking they’re Roos and then sometimes something tells me they’re girls. What are your opinions?

Hello, I am a 16 year old raising ducks for the first time. I have two pekin ducklings that I got from Tractor Supply almost a month ago, and one of them seems a little sluggish and tired-looking but the other one is lively and fine. I gave them two baths/swims outside and a warm shower...

All are 4.5 weeks old give or take a couple days Barred rock RIR Buff Orpington 1 BO 2

Hi all, I am wondering what age we can move our chicks to the coop. I have seen so many different articles on when to actually let them in the coop outside. We have 14 Easter Egger Hens and they are currently 2 weeks and 2 days. We are starting to build the coop, now that we finally have nice...

I've introduced Lana and Tori, now I give you Lucy. Little Lucy is a very special Brahma chick. She's earned the nickname Nubby or Nubs or Nub Nub due to her... well.. nubby wings. I brought her and her sister (well two sisters, Audrey and Marilyn, unfortunately Marilyn was dead the next...

In the last 48 hours my silkie chick’s eye has swollen up, it is fluidly and very swollen. (No puss though?) She appears to be itching it. The other five don’t appear to have any sign of the sign the same thing, just the one. She doesn’t seem to have any other symptoms. I have lightly gone over...