No younger than 12 weeks. There is too much age difference. The older ones will really pick on the younger ones.My husband was turkey hunting this weekend...Needless to say he came home to 4 new Buff Orpington chicks!!!
If we could have someone's input as too when we can put them in the coop, that would be great. The chicks are about a week old. We have 12 Black Sex Links, a Silver Sebright, 2 Gold Sebrights and a White Old English. They are all about 7 weeks old. Thank you in advance!
Are you sure its not just shadows from the gaps between their feathers? They grow in sections and I remember noticing when some of mine were first getting their wing feathers, it looked darker in areas and I thought the same thing, that they had dark marks, but that's all it turned out to be. Gap shadows. I hope that made sense and I hope I was of some help. They're adorable
OK, here they are! The one I am asking about is the one to the left, with the brownish wing feathers. The other two are much 'buff'-er!
These babies all have yellow legs which are a disqualification in Orpingtons. Are you sure that you didn't buy what the hatcheries call "Golden Buffs" , instead of Buff Orpingtons ? Buff Orpingtons should have solid gold feathers too, with no white, red, or black feathers .
I just can't decide between pullet or roo. Was supposed to be pullet, but the comb color had me starting to say roo, but the behavior just doesn't match the one known BO roo in the flock. This one feathered out like the pullets whereas the known roo still doesn't have most lol Any experienced BO raisers have an idea? For now it's just wait for the crow. It's 8-9 wks old. So when should I expect a crow?
