I have been waiting to ask this question again till they were bigger.
I have two speckled Sussex, one New Hampshire red, and one black australorp. Do you see any males in the mix? My hubby thinks the NHR is a male. I don't.
They are all around the same age, within a week or two.
Eleanore
Mavis
Edna
Gertie
Mabel
Questions: do I take the food and water out at night?
Do I have to crush up the feed more to make it finer?
Do I have to help them drink?
This is what fleet farm told us to do.
I have 3 buff orpingtons and two Easter eggers.
I got all these at the same, all different sizes though. The red one is a New Hampshire, the black ones are Australorp, and the brown ones are speckled Sussex. I am mainly questioning the big black one. My hubby thinks my beloved red one is a roo... I do not. Any clues on the sex of these chicks...
We built a temporary run for the chicks since they are small right now. This is day two of having them and the second time in the run. I've noticed that two of my chicks(the biggest ones) are running at each other and flapping their wings. They chase the other small ones around too. I haven't...
Im new to chicken keeping. So far I love it, but I can't seem to shake one thought. I'm driving myself crazy thinking of how my chickens will handle their first winter. Or, more so how I will handle the thought of them being outside when I'm inside warm and cozy. It August, they are little right...
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
Yes, I'm to to chickens but my husband is not. We got them yesterday.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now?
We have five chicks.
(3) What breeds do you have?
One New Hampshire
Two Australorp
Two Sussex
(4) How did you...