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We have a few chicks from Hoover's "Hatchery Choice Rare Breed" that we are wondering about.... could the lighter ones be Starlight Green Egger? Does anyone have some and are they looking like this? I think they come in a few different shades. (disregard the little bit of pink, I think that...

Does it have a pea comb? If so, it looks like Prairie Bluebell to me!

No not enough time. As I said we are getting more, but not till we get back. We had originally asked someone to come care for them all here, but now that it's just her it changes things. I feel like either option is going to be somewhat stressful....so that's why I'm trying to get some input.

Our "flock" is temporarily down to just ONE hen... and I am trying to make arrangements for her while we're on vacation for 2 weeks. I could send her to a friends house, where she would probably stay in a dog crate in their garage at night, and would have some temporary fencing outside for...

I posted previously but decided to start over and add more pictures. So we have 4 Barred Rocks and they are about 5 1/2 weeks old. We are guessing 1 pullet and 3 cockerels based on feather coloring... but hoping we are wrong, haha. At least one of these possible males started out with the...

Sorry for posting only one picture, but the three look so much alike I can't even tell them apart (other than leg wash), so I didn't think it was necessary. But I will add more pictures later if I can. Also (wasn't sure if you saw what I added later), is the distinct head dot at hatch not very...

Our barred rocks are 5 1/2 weeks old and I am still wondering what gender they are (purchased as straight run). We have 1 that is mostly black with only a little white, has the dark wash down the front of legs, and smaller comb that's only a hint of pink yet- is this "definitely" a hen? And...

This is a 4 week old Barred Rock. It has always seemed healthy- eating, drinking, and very active...behaving just like the others. However, since the day we got it (a few days old), it has ALWAYS had pasty butt! I have to give it baths on a regular basis or it gets big chunks of poop stuck to...

We have two sets of chicks that are 6 weeks apart (the first set is 7 weeks and the new ones are a week old). When would be a good time to start integrating them? Not sure if it matters, but the older ones are ISA Brown, and the new ones are Barred Rock.

Ok, it was the black feathers that had me curious, I didn't know ISA brown's might sometimes have black (I have only ever seen the light brown/white pattern). Thanks!

So here are a few pictures....

We bought ISA brown pullets from Tractor Supply back in March. It was the very first day they started selling chicks, and they ONLY had ISA browns at the time. So now they are about 7 weeks old and we've noticed that one of them is quite a bit darker than the rest- mostly dark red with very...

I moved our chicks to the garage when the weather started warming up, but now it's back to being super cold! Are 5 week old chicks (almost fully feathered) okay in the garage with it being 20-30 degrees outside, as long as they have a heat lamp? Or should we bring them in the house?

We have 8 ISA Brown chicks,that are 4 weeks old. They have been in a 50 gallon bin indoors with a heat lamp, but were starting to look crowded, so I built them a larger pen in the garage (just till the coop is done). I am wondering, can I move them directly to the garage (still using the...

Just bought some grit so we can start giving our chicks an occasional treat, but my hubby accidentally bought regular grit, instead of chick grit. Should we return it, or can we still use it? (maybe filter it or crush it up?) What would happen if they accidentally ate some pieces that are too...