LOL yeah. There is one chick, about a week or two old I'd say, that keeps coming over and i'm constantly chasing it through the woods to get back home. I tried bringing this one inside but he didn't like it.
Nice of the neighbor to supply you with FREE chicks!
Are they mixed breed or are they an identifiable breed? Usually yellow chicks are White Leghorn and golden colored chicks can be Buff Orps, RIRs, or Red Sexlinks. Have any ideas? What are you doing with the cockerels?
It's nice that you can rescue these guys before the predators like cats, dogs, or hawks get them - such a cruel way to die. It's puzzling that the mother hen isn't watching them unless she's been attacked and gone. These little rescues don't look that old either. Have they started their juvenile feathers yet?
They're a mixed breed, the oldest one was born on Thursday I think. I see a mother hen next door walking around with about 4 chicks now, but they seem a lot older. Martine, the first chick, is starting to get some white wing feathers in. I have a picture of the parents somewhere.
If I get a lot of boys we will just make separate pens for them. From our first batch of baby chicks it seems 2 out of 4 are males. So if we do end up with 3 out of 5 males with this one, they will still have plenty of hens, I think. We have 9 hens that I am sure of, maybe 10 or 11. If the males get too aggressive we'll just buy (or take) more hens lol.
I'm pretty sure these guys are the parents- one of the brown ones and maybe the rooster. All of our chicks are very small so they're bantams, I think they only have bantams next door anyway.
