My new chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery arrived on Tuesday. I received a "Free Surprise Chick" along with Red Star and Black Star pullets. Can anyone give me a guess about this "penguin marked" surprise chick might be?
I have 5 week old chicks from MurrayMcMurray hatchery, from the egg layer assortment. I have two feather-footed buff chicks that I'm assuming are Buff Cochins, since that's the only buff colored, feather-footed breed I see on their website.
However, I also received two, smooth legged, buff...
I got my first chickens back in the mid 1990's when I was single and lived on a small farmette in Wisconsin (with sheep and ducks and the Border Collies that herded them.) In 2001 I moved with my new husband to southern Illinois. We sold the Wisconsin chickens, and then about a year later...
I received an "egg layer assortment" from MurrayMcMurray five weeks ago. I'm really curious about the breed of these three. I tried a site where I could upload photos for an AI identification, but it came back unknown for these chicks. I know I may have to wait for additional growth and...