So I have 5 babies of different breads and I know it's still early to tell BUT I can't resist the attempt 🤣🤦🏻♀️ They are are 6 weeks old.
Two EE's, a Blue Australorp, Deathlayer and a silkie.
I have a gut feeling the brown and black EE is a Roo due to combs and waddles and much bigger thicker...
Hello everyone! I have a broody that was so determined and just wouldn't break that I decided to let her sit on some eggs. We have never let a broody sit on eggs. We have hatched using an incubator. She is an OEGB. So I only put 4 eggs under her as they were pretty big eggs from our other...
I have read so many different things. What height should roosts be from the ground? I have a blank 10x10 shed I’m turning to a coop. We will have a poop board as well. I have some chicks that are lighter weight and can jump pretty high but I also have some heavy breeds so Im trying to find a...
So we bought a few different chicks to add to our flock and this one was labeled as a Jersey Giant but when I do a search of one this age I see none with this color pattern.
She (at least we are hoping🤞) is now 9 weeks old has the back legs, more webbing between toes and yellow bottoms on feet...
I have a hen that is 26 weeks for the last 3 days she has been consistently staying in the Nesting box. Some days she lays an egg other times she sits and no egg. I remove any eggs she lays within hours of her laying. We don't want her to hatch any right now. I have taken her out of the box...
Hi everyone! I know that this is probably to soon but thought it would be worth a shot. We only have one polish so I have nothing to compare with and have never raised polish. Unfortunately when we got it we got two that were days old but one didn't make it through the night. 💔
I have put...
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We recently got two straight run Polish, they are 6 days old and seem so small compared to our other 6 day old chicks. We have never had Polish chickens and so I'm not sure if they do usually run smaller. My other question is we noticed that on one of them the wing feathers are different...
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Can someone confirm for me that these ladies are in fact still pullets! They are 17 weeks and although I thought I was 100% im questioning as some red combs are showing up. This is my first set of EE and I dont see saddle or hackle feathers like my other roosters. Is it normal for...
Hello everyone! We hatched chicks that were various breeds and we had 4 that were the same as this one but looked different and crowed. This one has thrown us off and we have been unable to figure out if it's a pullet or Cockerel. I have not seen her crow and she runs from our Rhode Island red...
What could be wrong with my sweet cuddles? I did not notice this earlier in the day, did it just happen or maybe I missed it somehow. She is acting totally normal, I have seen her drink water and she has eaten treats no problem. I haven’t personally seen her eat her crumbles today but now that I...
This is probably a silly question but I have real anxiety when it comes to giving things to our chicks, so I need to hear from you pros. I know you can feed chicks people food and meats. I have given my pullets and cockerals berries, watermelon and melons, eggs, rice, BOSS, and oatmeal. Not all...
Hello everyone! Sorry if this is a dumb question. We are first timers with raising chickens and hatched out bundle of 12. I have heard Hens can crow just as Roosters do, my question is how do you know if you have a Hen or a Rooster aside from them laying eggs? Mine are 11 weeks and one is an...
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I have a total of 12 chicks that are 10 weeks old. We hatched 8 and couldn't resist getting 4 more from our local farm store. They were marked as Easter Eggers and one jumped out to my daughter that was much smaller and we were told it was a bantum. She obviously was not putting it...
Help! I live in Phoenix it's not abnormal to see 115+ degree days in the summer. This is our first time with chicks we hatched on our own they are 6 weeks. They are now out in their coop BUT aside from frozen treats/water we have a misting system over the coop and twice a day our yard sprinklers...
Hello everyone! I am new here, well have been stalking for awhile and never posted. My daughter hatched her own eggs we have no idea the breeds they were randomly sent to us. They are now 5 weeks old. We understand its early and no way to know for sure, but we are curious what the breeds might...