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Could be either, I think. The green or olive colors come from a blue egg overlayed by a brown coating. So if the new chicks get a copy of the blue egg gene from their mom, they'll probably be olive eggers too. And if they don't get the blue gene, they will have white egg shells underneath the...

I use canned corn when I need to move my chickens back inside their fence. It's a very special treat and I only throw one kernel at a time until they follow. As far as teenagers needing to be stuffed in the coop at night, that's a phase all mine go through. Sometimes it's easiest to let them...

I love having little ones in the house for a couple weeks because I enjoy their company. And though it depends on the temperaments of your individual dogs (I will never trust a husky), it did help my livestock guardian dog get used to the idea that these birds were hers to protect. She used to...

I agree. It looks like a mixed breed cockerel. Speckled Sussex crossed with something else.

Yes. I agree. That looks like a gold laced wyandotte cockerel.

The hatchery called her an "onyx olive egger". Not sure what she's a mix of.

I think individual temperament and breed are the two most important factors. I treat all my birds the same, and have only had three individuals go broody on me. One was a Black Copper Marans, one was a Bielefelder (who was broody so often and so insistently we just called her Broody Hen) and...

I also have a pullet named Onyx right now. :)

They should be totally fine at that temperature as long as they have a sheltered space to huddle together. They don't need any additional heat.

Update (8 weeks). She's a pullet. I picked up 11 chicks this spring, and with that many I just always expect one to be an accidental rooster. But I think I picked 11 females this time!

A little bigger sometimes, but not that big. Not at 7 weeks.

Seconded. They are definitely both boys.

I vote sapphire gem as well.

It has to do with the extra calcium in layer feed. They don't need as much until they start producing egg shells every day. I don't think being on layer feed a little early will harm anyone, especially if you supplement some high protein treats. But it's probably simpler to just keep them on...

I'd say she's a prairie bluebell egger. Definitely some type of easter egger with those green feet, and the gray and salmon parts of her look just like my prairie bluebell. Her coloring is really unusual and pretty.

What do you think about Lavender? S(he) is a wyandotte, 5 or 6 weeks old. Bought as a sexed pullet. So far overall she looks like a pullet to me, but the comb looks very wide and puffy, and I'm not sure about this comb type. I'd love to see your comparison pictures.

What fun! My favorite is the little brownish guy in picture #10.

That sounds awful. Shipping is always hard on chicks, but that should never happen. You need to contact the hatchery and let them know so they can figure out what went so wrong with shipping. I have gotten chicks in the mail twice, and only lost one once. They were never in transit for more...

When I integrate chicks, I use a rabbit hutch with no bottom that's raised a few inches off the ground. (Any sort of cage up on blocks would work.) Little chickens can run underneath if they want, and big chickens can't fit through. I also put the little chickens' food and water in there, which...

Do you have an update on the egg color from these two? I have an olive egger pullet now who looks very similar to this, and I'm trying to guess if she could be a BCM x CCL mix.