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We just brought home some healthy chicks from Southern States and they were being fed Southern States All-Grain chick feed. Our older flock of hens have always been fed Dumor layer feed from Tractor Supply. Dumor has chick feed, then at 12 weeks switch to a "finisher", then on to the layer...

Thanks for the confirmation. These chicks are 15 weeks old. We have raised babies for the last 4 years, this is the first roo.

my young flock taking a morning stroll. The white chicks are amber links. Looking at the one in the middle, could this be a cockerell?

I have a similar question. My 13 chicks, now 8 and 9 weeks old, Amber links and easter eggers living in the basement around 60-65 degrees. They have not been outside yet. I have two 2-yr old hens, that free range during the day. They have not seen each other. We live in the mountains of...

So my local hardware sold red stars and Ameracaunas, or so they listed. The 4- week old dark colored chick was supposed to be a red star. NOT! From these posts, it looks like I have easter-eggers. Can someone help me confirm?

Yes, that is what mine look like, yellow or dirty tint around the neck. Unfortunately, I only have two of the original 6 left, they seem to be a favorite of predators.

Welcome. We have had chickens for about two years now so I am no expert, but we live in the mountains of Virginia and let our girls free range during the day. I think it is important to have a run and a coop. The girls go to the coop about dusk and we close the gate so they are secure at...

OK, I am confused. If you feed layer formula before age 16-18 weeks it is too much calcium and could be harmful. If you feed starter/finisher to older laying hens it doesn't have enough calcium. I have a separate bowl of oyster shells. I have 6 pullets 13 weeks old. They are inside the same...

The two old gals were given to me and According to what I was told they should be 2 1/2 to 3 1/2. You are right, they need to go, they never did lay much at all anyway. They may be older than that.

I have questions along this same thread. I have two older hens and 10 girls that are a little over a year old, no roosters. One of the older gals is broody, has been for about three months, only comes out to eat and poop. The other one is a RIR and is pretty mean, dominant. Neither one of...

Look at the pros and cons. Being a first time chicken mom, I started out wanting a variety of breeds but only wanted a small flock of maybe 6 or 7 hens. If you order from a hatchery, you can get a variety but a minimum of 15. We opted to get our chicks from Tractor Supply, however in Virginia...

We had to add electric fencing around our run and coop because of the bears.

I am also in Virginia and wanted a small flock of laying hens with a variety of breeds. When we were ready to get our chicks, the plan was to get them from Tractor Supply and I assumed we could get 2-3 of each kind. That did not work out the way I planned, there was a rule that you had to...