the darker one is 100% Mille Fluer d'Uccle i raise this breed and love them. and my friend raises calico cochins and that is what your lighter chick looks like to me, due to the bit of light and dark feathering coming in, i'm not 100% sure though.
i have a small forceps and i open the chicks mouth then put the small piece of food on the back of the chicks tongue then drip a drop of water in its mouth to get it to swallow. i suggest hard boiling and egg and cutting up the yolk in very small pieces for its food that seems to give unhealthy...
this is due to hatching too early the chick didnt absorb the yolk sack fully, i have never had chicks survive but if she is walking and trying to eat she may be fine. make sure you get food in her though because the yolk is what gives the chicks energy for its first days so the chick will need...
I think you got a bunch of roosters:(. 2,3,and 5 i believe are roosters and 4 could go either way, and yes 1 is definentley a hen. you can sometimes tell gender by the size and shape of the fluff ontop of their heads the roosters will have a pointier less full fluff like number 2 while hens like...
I feed all my birds layer pellets $10 for a 50lb bag mixed with the same ammount of oats and spelts then I add a smaller ammount of corn and sunflower seeds $15 for a 50lb bag. I dont know the price on the oats spelts and corn cause my grandpa grows and harvests it himself and I get as much as I...