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Mine were happy in the run but could/would not go up the ramp into the coop at night. So for two weeks we had to go out there at dusk and lift each one up to the coop. At first we locked them in and would let them out in the morning, but then we started letting them come out on their own in the...

I have, from a straight run batch of eggs (local breeder, not hatchery): 1 barred rock rooster. 9 weeks old. beautiful and tame. this guy will sit on my lap and my shoulder and come running for treats. In fact he's my favorite of the batch and I'm so sad to have to give him up but we can't...

Thanks that's helpful!

Yeah, mine had yellow legs and is all white. All yellow as a chick although some of its hatch mates were yellow with little black dots here and there. White rock makes some sense, as there was Plymouth rick in the flock the eggs came from. So interesting!

about 6 weeks could it be an EE though? some sort of cross?

Thanks! You're my first ray of hope. And I didn't know Amerucanas could be white, that would fit into what I was told of the breeds. No, no crowing yet. :) so I'll hold out hope!

Tame and good with kids are my main requirements. Obviously, we want eggs, but were definitely raising chickens as pets. Before I wound up with these mystery chicks I was thinking of my ideal being a mixed flock with buff orph, brahma, br, australorp and Sussex. But I'm very new to chickens so...

Thanks all! I was originally told they came from a flock of BR, New Hampshire reds, and amerucanas, but clearly that info (passed down from the preschool) was incomplete! The BR had always been obvious, but the others a mystery. Their names are Ebony, Ivory and Harmony. hahaha! I love my...

White leghorn probably. I have one, I think, that is 6 weeks old.

Ah man, that's gonna be a bummer. Cuz i'll have to rehome them, plus I don't want to leave my one lady all lonely. These three are such good friends. . .

Okay, here are my three straight run chicks. From a mixed flock (fertile eggs hatched at my son's preschool). They are 6 weeks old and I am starting to think I have two roos. :( We can't keep any roos, so I'm hoping that it's just a matter of breed differences. . .but the white and the BR have...

I found this http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2012/02/whats-scoop-on-chicken-poop-digestive.html?m=1 and am now relieved to see that it's just caecal poo I was noticing. Had never heard of it before. Who knew I'd learn so much by having chicks! Lol

I have the same issue. Some solid some runny. Is it normal?

Somebody tell me it's too early to tell!

:( oh dear. No, that's my only BR. We got three mystery chicks as straight run (my sons preschool hatched them). Thats the only BR, the others are likely a black EE and a white leghorn. the EE has a much smaller comb, the leghorn is looking similar in comb growth but has been slower yo feather...