We have three hens that are 12 weeks old (the bigs) and another three that are 7 weeks old (the littles). We’ve had the littles out during the day in a separate but adjacent run to the bigs for the last week or so. Today we allowed the two groups to mingle, first while free ranging and then in...
We have five baby chicks in the brooder, all four weeks old. One of them, which is one of the two Barred Rocks, has a significantly larger comb than any of the other birds. We’re trying to figure out if it’s a cockerel or if there still a chance that it could be a pullet. Unfortunately our...