I have some strong ideas on breed and gender but I wanted to see what you all thought about it. Pretty sure I’ve got a barred rock, White Cochin, golden laced wyandotte, black copper marans, and a mystery brown chick. They are all supposed to be rare or brown egg layers and they came from Murry...
Got some new updated pictures. Chicks at 4 and 3 weeks. I am more convinced that all of them are hens although I know that wattles and combs can grow more later. I also think that
-Pepperoni is a barred rock
-Weather is a White Cochin (Feather feet 4 toes)
-Jolly is a Golden Laced Wyandotte...
Hi, I’m posting with some updated pictures of my 5 baby chicks. The youngest is 2 weeks old and the other 4 are three weeks old. The youngest I got from Meyers hatchery and the farm store I bought the others at also said they got theirs from Meyers as well.
They were all sexed to be females but...
This chick was from my local farm store and reportedly from meyer hatchery. Female sexed (hopefully) and could be a rare breed or brown egg layer. Any guesses?
I received a shipment of four chickens from an online hatchery. Unfortunately three of the chickens died during shipment. So now I only have one little chick left. I needed some more chicks ASAP to keep her company. I went to a small local farm store that I trust and bought three more chicks...
Thanks everyone. I'm so excited. I'm getting a circular saw in the mail this week so I can build a chicken coop in my barn stall. Of course they won't go in there for a while. It's so fun to plan and design things like this
Hi everybody, I am new to raising chickens. We just moved to a small Homestead of 5 acres. We are excited to start adding animals and our first choice was chickens.
We want them for eggs and for meat. For this reason I ordered 15 chicks of a mixed heavy breed. I am excited for them to come. We...