February/March Grow-a-long

[Kikilu]

Update on my update? Lol
Night three and all the chickens put themselves to bed in the coop by 8:30 making happy little noises when I poked my head in. I have a high raised coop and they didn’t love the ramp initially. Last night I had to put a few in. So pleased with them

 

[gimmie birdies]

Feb the group hatched was 17. I looked under feathers, looked at feathers, and combs. 5 females of the 17.

 

[Kikilu]

My two jersey giants. Thinking one male and one female because the tail feathers look so different but I really am clueless on sexing. Must do more research.

 

[fuzzi]

Update on my Sussex, hatched February 27th...

I bought ten chicks, wound up with 7 cockerels, 3 pullets.

They finally started roosting up high last week.

Adult plumage is beginning to come in, there are feathers all over the place!

"Blondie" and "Rita", 2 of the 3 pullets:

Now, where's the April/May Grow-a-long thread?

 

[Kikilu]

March hatch outside mingling with the February flock. They stay separate and my polish and buff orp are the worst to them! Had to intervene a few times.
The one in the front of the kennel is my Easter egger and I’m thinking Brahma Ameraucana cross. I’m thinking a boy though

 

[fuzzi]

I've had the April chicks brooding outside, within the coop with the February hatch.

The Sussex seem intrigued with the Dominiques.

On a couple occasions a Dominique would get loose, and get a peck as they'd pass by one of the Sussex.

Today the integration hit a big snag when one of the 9 week old cockerels went after the 2 week old Dominiques in what appeared to be a focused and intentional manner. He pecked them several times before I could grab him. Poor babies were screaming.

The Dominiques appear to be okay, but were understandably skittish even after they were removed from the coop.

Soup, anyone?

 

[BobMcDuff]

Well admittedly a little late but the weather held be off from working on getting their run finished but today was it. They will be 8 weeks old tomorrow. We got rid of Gir and Smitty as they were both roosters, and they weren't on the list of potential keepers.

Gaz, fairly confident a pullet

Dib, also fairly confident pullet

Zombie, cockerel, a few crows been coming out of this one.

Curious, cockerel, heard crowing the first time today

Noire, smaller than the other cockerels but still thinking a cockerel. Good looking boy though.

Chweeper, been thinking pullet since day 1

Quadrube, still thinking a rooster.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Curious is GORGEOUS!

I concur with your guesses on their genders.

I need to go through mine of the same age, and decide who stays and who goes. There's a livestock sale nearby tomorrow and I'd like to bring some of the banty cockerels since I won't be keeping those.

 

[BobMcDuff]

Curious is GORGEOUS!

I concur with your guesses on their genders.

I need to go through mine of the same age, and decide who stays and who goes. There's a livestock sale nearby tomorrow and I'd like to bring some of the banty cockerels since I won't be keeping those.

Yeah my co-worker has been taking all his roosters to a livestock auction that happens every week or 2 and at least gets a few bucks (6-10) per boy. Sadly I think that will Cuprous fate as my daughter is super attached to Noire.

Still want the boy, I'll be in buffalo NY in a week or so.

 

[junior67]

Here are my March babies. 1 cockerel for sure, 1 I think pullet, then the other 4 I am iffy on 2 and think 2 cockerels. I think those are pics of all of them. I should have labeled the pics.