Recent content by Lorraine Forster

Thanks for all the good ideas everyone! Tonight around 6 pm they were all up in the coop. So I quietly shut the door. Let's hope they do it again tomorrow!

I have a small flock of 5 1/2 week old Bantams (Mille Fleurs D'Uccle). I lucked out and ended up with 1 rooster and 4 hens. So I have been introducing them to their new outdoor life the last few days. I have been picking them up from the run and putting them in their coop in the evening. They...

I used a plastic tote with a halogen desk lamp for the first 2 1/2 weeks. I put a plastic baby gate over the top and covered 3/4 of it to keep the heat in. I have now moved them into the bathtub... good thing I have 2 bathrooms:-) The extendable babygate fits over the tub too. I am still using...

At age 3 weeks one day none of them have a comb or sign of a waddle. Their feathers all came in at the same time and in the same order. I keep looking for differences but they all seem to be the same except for one that is a tiny bit bigger. Maybe I hit the jackpot and they are all hens...

The biggest one, the white one, was the first to sit on a perch and seems to patrol the crate while the others eat???

I have 4, almost 3 week old, Mille Fleurs d'Uccle chicks. I have attached photos of their wings in hope someone out there will be able to take an educated guess at their sex. Beige feathers #1 Dark feathers #2 White feathers #3 Beige tipped feathers #4