Can anyone help me confirm the gender of dear Mavis? She's 9 weeks old and was said to be a pullet when we got her at 2 days old. I've just been noticing aggressive behavior from her lately towards our other two pullets/little hens/whatever you call them at this age. She likes to jump in...
Thanks John. Despite your lack of a degree, your apparent knowledge of chickenology;) is impressive. Seriously, that was very helpful. The chicks are just starting to develop feathers, so I guess its off to the garage for them. Cheers, and good luck with yours.
Hi fellow chicken people. I'm brand new here and brand new at raising chickens too. Hubby and I were blessed with 3 baby chicks last Wednesday, and by blessed I mean we bought 'em:) We have 1 Ameraucana-Mavis, 1 Sussex-Jessie, and 1 White Jersey Giant-Cordie. They are all 3 pullets, we...
I second pullus mater's advice. I too would recommend Little Birdie Hatchery over Sumner. We were going to buy our first chicks from Sumner-Byrd but there was a snaffu and we were treated very rudely by them. I can't speak to the methods there but we ended up going to LBH in Wake Forest and...