Our chicks turned 7 weeks old yesterday (5 of them - 2 Australorps, 1 Barred Rock, 1 RIR, 1 EE) and seem to be pretty well feathered. We live in Connecticut and the weather for the next week and a half seems to mostly be 60's during the day and 50's down to a low of 44 at night (with some rain...
Here's Ruby - she's 5 weeks old tomorrow - from McMurray Hatchery - she's supposed to be a girl - what do you think? She doesn't act like a rooster but we're new to this so we don't really know.
Thanks for your help.
We're new to chickens and our chicks are almost 5 weeks old and are from McMurray Hatchery - they're all supposed to be pullets but already we believe the EE is a roo. Figured I'd post the pics and see what you all think.
1. Matilda (black australorp)
2. Badger (Black...
We're new to the chicken world and are just finishing up construction of the coop so now I'm starting to think about the things we're going to need once the chickens arrive. I can't seem to figure out what to put on the floor of the coop. Everyone seems to like different things.
At first I...
My husband and I have sort of tossed around the idea of getting chickens in the past but always laughed it off as a ridiculous idea, especially as I'm not even very fond of eggs, but for some reason, this year, the idea stuck. My husband works with someone who raises chickens and although we...
So our coop has been under construction for the past few months in my garage but as fall is approaching, I'd really like to get my garage back for my car, not to mention the chickens will be arriving soon. So, we need to move the coop out into the yard but before that, we need to prepare the...