chicks 8 weeks

For anyone that has been along with me from my troubled beginning and anyone new, my 8 week old chicks made the move to the great outdoors tonight! I heard a ruckus last night and came out to the garage where the brooder was and 75% of my chicks were sitting on top of their 5ft fence and 2 were...

I have 2 white roosters with pea combs needing to be rehomed to a good home or farm. They are beautiful and sweeties. They come from a small farm, not a hatchery. They are not vaccinated, and have been fed non-gmo, non-medicated feed since received in the mail.

I have 9 Amberlink hens and 1 leghorn. I let them free range all over my yard. I got 12 new chicks 6 weeks ago and I am about to mix the two groups together. The problem is that without a run if the chicks don’t go back in I can’t catch them. I have them in a dog cage in the coop and plan on...

I'm in ohio. It's currently in the 40s with lows getting down into the 20s for a few more days still as I'm finishing up the coop and run. They are barred rocks and are 7 weeks. Will be about 8 by the time the coop is finished up. They have plenty of space still where they are I'm just ready for...

Hey everyone. I have 6 two month old chicks. One of them had spraddle leg over a month ago and before we diagnosed the problem we separated her from everyone else for good measure. We put a brace on her and her leg was fixed in about a week. The problem is, we kept her separate for a while...

Hi everyone! So I currently have 8 week old chicks that I’ve been trying to mix in with my adult hens. I’ve been giving them “play dates” to try to get them to get used to each other. This morning however I noticed that one of my jersey giant chicks was looking droopy and just wanted to lay...

I know this is a question asked quite frequently. But I’m new to chicks and I have 2 chicks in particular that I’m not sure if they are Roos or not. I’m pretty sure the americauna is a roo. By the Wyandotte, I can’t tell. It doesn’t let me take very good pictures. I’m not great and telling by...

I live in a very predator dense area and I’m afraid that if I let my young chickens outside too soon they might become coyote chow. I have two buff Orpingtons, two Ameraucanas, and two silkies. I’m wondering if maybe I should let the Orpingtons out first and the silkies out last because of size...

Hi y'all! I have an established flock of 9 hens, 5 Black Australorps & 4 ISA Browns, that are 2 years old. They free-range at will & always return to their roosts in the coop each night. I purchased 4 Dominique chicks 6 weeks ago that I estimate were 1-2 wks old at the time of purchase. I...

I have lost 8 baby chicks (not very young - 7-8 weeks) to an unknown predator. The run was closed, everyone inside and no holes dug into the run. All chicks left dead in the run except one outside the run (could not have left on it's own the run fencing is 6ft with nothing close to the edge they...

My chicks are now six weeks old (well, on Tuesday 3/13!) and seem to have chickening down to a science. They come out into the run automatically (the door is always open) in the morning and I feed them. Then it's time for a nap, some of them like to roost, some just sit in the straw. They go...

Hey all i got a gift of chicks for my birthday in july i have 1 pair blue marans 1 trio dominiques these all came from the same breeder all where vaccinated and npip when they arrived . I cant have roosters and im keeping the cornish as my birds so i dont have any extra pens for these , if...