Correct me if I’m wrong, but this is a roo, yes?
I originally thought it was a buff orpington but they dont have the small combs, right? He was a part of a heavy breed assortment.
We thought this was a hen but caught her crowing this morning.
She was a part of a heavy assorted straight run, with one other that looked exactly like her until about 8 weeks old. We figured the other was a roo (he definitely is) and she grew consistantly a little smaller and her coloring...
These litte guys are about 6 weeks old. We ordered the Heavy Assorted from Ideal, any guesses? I know we have some buff orpingtons and a light brahma, but I can’t figure these out.
Hello... We decided to get some ducklings... Ended up with straight run, hatchery choice day old ducklings (20 of them). I've currently got them in the chick brooder (one of those little coops meant for 6-7 full grown chickens with a top enclosed area and bottom open pen) and I have a heating...
We ordered a brown egg assortment from tractor supply, got them today. Can anyone help me ID the ones I was able to get pictures of? I’m terrible with IDing, they all just look cute to me. Thanks in advance!
We have lost all of our flock the past couple of months from various predators since our German shepherd went missing in August. I'd like to buy some chicks so that we can start getting eggs by summer (the chicks we had were just barely starting to lay). Has anyone ordered chicks during the...
I'm not sure if this is the right spot for this..
We are newbies, our oldest chicks are 14 weeks old. Two are roos. They occasionally fight and puff their feathers at each other, but they've started to do it towards us now. My favorite one has taken to pecking at my toes when I wear flip flops...
A hail storm just blew thru and the roof of our coop collapsed. Our older chicks are fine but our week old chicks that were in the brooder ended up very wet and very cold, the cover on the brooder at least kept the big hail away. I think two are injured, they arent moving much. When the rain...
We just purchased 10 new chicks to add to our "flock". We have the chicks in their own coop for now, but they are about 1 week to 4 weeks old per the feed store.
Our "big chicks" are about 8-10 weeks old. 2 are "ladies" and we have 2 that just started crowing last week.
Since our older chicks...
to buy sexed chickens that end up being wrong? We got 5 "pullets" but ended up with 2 roos. We got 5 more and I'm pretty sure there is at least 1 more. Just curious if this is something I should expect or if maybe we are buyibg from people that are just guessing.
This is our first flock, so...
Maybe a stupid question but these are my first chicks. We intended on getting 10 but I... chickened out... and we got 5.. They are currently in a rather large rubbermaid storage container.. I want to keep them in there for about 6 weeks or a little longer, so I was afraid to get so mamy they...
Hello, new here. We are about to make our move to our 38 acre hill country property from our 1/4 acre lot in thr city.. We've always had cows and horses, but all else is a mystery to me. I want to start with chickens but Im so overwhelmed with information. I know I need a coop, can someone...
And meat and the joy of chickens I keep reading about! Hello, Im Ashley, mom of three, wife to farmer at heart.. We are about to move our "herd" to our out in the middle of nowhere 40ac property from a small city and want to start the whole rabbits, chickens abd goat thing. We've had cows my...