An Experiment in Chick Sexing Methods

A continuous experiment on old wives' tale methods to determining the sexes of chicks.

I'm Oldspice!
Hello everyone, this is going to be my coop page. I joined BYC a few months ago, but have not done a member page yet, so here is the first! I love all birds,...
Shadows on the Dawn Archives
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Eggs from Zimbabwe
Using old fertile eggs?
Speckles
Last year, we purchased eight little girls about one week old from our local TS store. All of them Rhode Island Reds. They all got along famously until we built a...
8 week old chicks
Hi all, my chicks are now 8 weeks old and I have just started them on growers crumbs. How much should I feed each chick per day. Cheers.

Kick the Heat Lamp: Better, Safer, and Healthier Options to Heat Your Brooder!
Heat lamps have been shown to be incredibly unsafe and unhealthy for growing chicks. In this article, I discuss reasons why heat lamps are not ideal, and alternatives...
Cold Weather Advisory: A Detailed Look at the Question of Supplemental Heat
As autumn rolls around, and many of us start thinking about the winter ahead, one question seems to come up more than others: Do my chickens need supplemental heat...
Chicken First Aid Kits - Handy and Essential Supplies, and How to Use Them
Sometimes in chicken-keeping, things happen that no one expects. It could be a sudden disease, a squabble between birds causing injuries, or even a predator attack...
An Inside Look at the Humble Sexlink Chicken
Sexlinks are some of the most abundant chickens out there! Do you know what makes a sexlink a sexlink? Read here to find out!
The Essential Quarantine: An Important, but Often Underestimated Part of Raising Chickens
A quarantine period when bringing new birds onto your property can lower the risk of you unknowingly infecting your birds with something nasty, and it's recommended...