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Update on the boys now that they’re 6 months old. Spike turned out to be a crested magpie and I’m not sure what midnight is still he has a lot of chocolate brown color to him

Does anyone know where I can get rid of an Olive egger rooster? Preferably within ocean county. He’s super sweet and loves to cuddle and 2 months old but I’ve posted him up and can’t find anyone interested. I don’t have the space to build a second coop and I already have a rooster so keeping...

Welcome! My family is from Newark

Would anyone want a Black Australorp cockerel? 9 weeks old very sweet. Hasn’t started crowing yet. I bought a pair of pullets from ts and well...this one grew a comb....lol I’m located in Lakehurst.

She’s too weak to stand let alone bully anyone. She gets dog piled on in the pen with the others and they peck her and walk on top of her like she’s not there. My hens would probably kill her if I took her out there. I have one that already tried to take out two diff healthy chicks. Worse case...

THey are the same age as her but bigger she didn’t grow at the same rate. I removed 4 to the outdoors when fully feathered and added 4 1 month old chicks that same day thanks to a friend I’ll see if I can maybe set her up in a dog crate to help her out I hate to lose her but I hate seeing her...

And the brooder is maybe 3-4 ft long and 2 wide and 12 chicks currently with her being the biggest now since I put the others outside who are bigger than her

Also she had pasty but when I got her but I only had to clean it once and never had a problem since she was a bitty

She’s still on chick starter crumble and I have chick grit available for her. No other treats. When I got her they had chick probiotics and electrolytes for the first week or so. She’s under a 60 watt bulb right now as I do not use actual heat bulbs in the house (it already burned down once not...

I have a RIR that’s coming up on 2 months old. She’s growing slower than the other RIR that’s the same age and not being a chicken at all. She just lays under a heat lamp all day and peeps if anyone touches her. I do see her eating at drinking but othe wise she just lays there when she isn’t...

Not offhand. All the cheap ones were thin and flimsy and the sturdy ones were all 2k or more that we saw. maybe if you find an old shed for sale. It even cost us 1200 to build our coop and run

Thanks! Midnight will be my first runner as spike is my first magpie. I’ve only had mallards as a kid

That’s what I was thinking by it’s posture

Not the best pic but an updated one. The one is a mallard and the other is a crested magpie. Not sure if the Black is a Swedish or a mix of breeds.

Welcome! I’m in Lakehurst not too far from you. Good luck with your new chicks!