I have a question for those of you experienced in raising chicks.
We have a group of 8 hatched recently, they are a week and a half old. Obviously we don't know sex yet.
Currently, they sleep in a large dog crate at night and we move the crate next to their play pen and let them through.
This morning, while waiting for my help to move the crate, I noticed that at least half of them were doing a familiar rooster behavior I've noticed. We had two bantam roosters that always did this jump to fight one another. It almost looked like a chest bump. Well, some of the little chicks are doing this.
So, from anyone who knew specifically that they had females, did they ever do this?
Or am I looking at lots of little roo's?!
Thanks!
We have a group of 8 hatched recently, they are a week and a half old. Obviously we don't know sex yet.
Currently, they sleep in a large dog crate at night and we move the crate next to their play pen and let them through.
This morning, while waiting for my help to move the crate, I noticed that at least half of them were doing a familiar rooster behavior I've noticed. We had two bantam roosters that always did this jump to fight one another. It almost looked like a chest bump. Well, some of the little chicks are doing this.
So, from anyone who knew specifically that they had females, did they ever do this?
Or am I looking at lots of little roo's?!
Thanks!