Well, I know that time will tell but I just want to know. Hopeful that some of you may have greater confidence than I on determining the gender of 3 of my 9 week old. Americauna/Easter eggers? Yes, They are all the same age, hatched April 1st and 2nd. I'm pretty sure about Cal (the bright red...
The 2-year-old hen has done well with the 12 new chicks in the coop and run. They scatter when she comes nearby...Unless I'm around. Then they huddle around me. If I sit in the run (Yes. I have a spot to sit) They are all over me! If you didn't already know this about me, I eat the eggs and I...
I've watched videos, read forums, raised chickens... and I never seem to always determine every chick gender but I think I'm getting better. Who knows. So I would love input. I have 6 chicks that I have adopted. They are approximately 6-7 weeks old. 5 of them are very similar in that they were...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am not new to chickens. I joined BYC back in 2012 when I started raising my own chickens. I previously had family chickens as a young girl. As of May 2012, I have had anywhere from 1-22 chickens free ranging in my yard.
(2) How...
I have 9 chicks that are approximately 7 and a half weeks old. For week and a half now they have been outside, housed inside the coop with 2 roos and 4 hens which are almost 7 months. They are, of course, protected because they are inside a large wire dog kennel with their own feed, water etc...
I am in need of input. I have a chicken coop and run that is the home of my 4 hens and 2 roos that are 6 months old. Inside the coop I also have a group of 9 almost 7 week old pullets which are safely inside of a large dog crate (which is quickly getting too small for them). I am wondering...
I have been hanging out on BYC for months as I began my adventure in raising Chickens. Here's A little background on how it all came to be. I am a happily married with two sons. i am also a school teacher. this spring my class was doing an embryology unit where we hatched quail through our...