PhantomSlayer
Songster
So we got chicks from tractor supply. Originally my mom wanted to order online but prices were high and the breeds we wanted were always late shipping dates so today my mom woke me up and said were going shopping and i mentioned tractor supply and she thought about calling and they had just got their shipment in and THEY HAD MY BLACK AUSTRALORPS! I was sooo excited cause everywhere online was out of stock or expensive. So we have black australorp pullets, buff orpington pullets, barred rock pullets and 4 straight run wyandottes. We were told all of them were a day old however the wyandottes look older...
So two questions one
The wyandottes were listed as blue laced but were guessing based on all the chick pictures we've looked up of the different wyandottes they may be silver laced but anyways they look older than the 1 day old chicks not like fluffballs so im guessing their older but I was wondering if anyone has pictures of marked days on chicks so I can compare to guess their age. I'm guessing maybe somewhere around a week.
Also what are some early identifiers to start guessing sexes on wyandottes. Were hoping for a rooster but we are also getting easter eggers, marans from two other people and mixed from our neighbor. So hopefully a rooster comes from one of the four batches lol Apparently my sister in law who will be giving us easter eggers said pointed eggs are roosters but that sounds like a wives tale to me.
So two questions one
The wyandottes were listed as blue laced but were guessing based on all the chick pictures we've looked up of the different wyandottes they may be silver laced but anyways they look older than the 1 day old chicks not like fluffballs so im guessing their older but I was wondering if anyone has pictures of marked days on chicks so I can compare to guess their age. I'm guessing maybe somewhere around a week.
Also what are some early identifiers to start guessing sexes on wyandottes. Were hoping for a rooster but we are also getting easter eggers, marans from two other people and mixed from our neighbor. So hopefully a rooster comes from one of the four batches lol Apparently my sister in law who will be giving us easter eggers said pointed eggs are roosters but that sounds like a wives tale to me.