I got a bantam frizzle xSilkie 2 weeks ago, got told she was a pullet female around 6 or 8 weeks.
At the same time I got 2 Australorp pullets and while they sound like chicks still - chirp/tweeting - the frizzle is making the "eerrrr" complaining sound already - increasingly today.
So I have 2...
I just got 3 new chickens (my first ones) a week ago. They are 2 Australorp pullets and 1 silkie x frizzle pullet.
I have been picking them up once a day and feeding them a few mealworms by hand, otherwise they eat and drink from feed dishes.
They will come up to me and eat out of my hand but...