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He ya'll, We are almost at the start of chick season and we will be replacing/adding to some of our small flock. We are getting rid of 4 girls and bringing in 7 in ones. We are at teh picking stage right now and want to "mix it up" a bit with breeds. We would love a little input. Here are...

Great advice! I wasn't even thinking about them being scared! We just clipped on a 60 watt light and it seems to have calmed them! Thank you!

UPDATE ON OUR BIRDS..... Just in case anyone wanted to know, they are ALL girls and heavy producers! YAY! 3 more chicks in the brooder!!!!!!!

Ok, this is our second time around with chicks. We live in Colorado and already have 5 Silver Laced Wyandotte Hens for over a year now. The question I have involves the 3 new chicks we got about 7 weeks ago. Temps here in Colorado have been in the 70's in the last couple week and our new chicks...

We have 5 Silver Laced Wyandotte hens. They are 23 weeks old and have just started to lay sporadically. Not all of them are laying yet. We think the majority of the eggs came from just one of the girls. My question is about their egg size. Right now the eggs are all about half the size that they...

Around here, those brown, unwashed, unrefridg eggs sell for up to $6 a dozen

Sounds like you have a whole lotta fun ahead of you!!!

Just finishing the coop and was wanting to put in a ladder/stair style perch. Are there any rules for spacing and height?

My guess is I will not know for absolutely sure until they are older

New to Backyard chickens but loving the adventure. We have 5 Silver Laced Wyandotte's...hopefully all hen's...we will see! They just turned 9 weeks old and we are almost done with the coop. The weather is FINALLY warming here in Colorado Springs. Meet the girls!!!

A few more shots... from the side

They were sexed pullets. So, you are telling me that there can be that much difference in combs in hens?

I know but these little suckers wont stand still for my cheap camera!!!! lol

Hello Forum Family! Coloraod Springs Newbie's here! Ok, we bought 5 Sliver Laced Wyandotte pullets from the feed store and they are now about 9 weeks old. 4 of them have small combs coming in and one does not show any sign of comb. I read somewhere (not sure where) that SLW roo's get combs...