Hello everyone! First time chicken owner. I have 12 10 day old female chicks and 1 6 week old rooster. Right now I have all the girls in their own brooder and I have the rooster in a large dog crate, all in my spare bedroom. I am thinking I am going to have to move the rooster to the coop sooner...
Hello! I just got 12 little chicks, all born on 7/9. 6 from one hatchery and 6 from another. One of the little chicks from the second hatchery came with pasty butt and is significantly smaller than the others. I put her and her sister (both Easter eggers), in a separate brooder as I was...
Hello, first time chicken owner :) I am getting 6 chicks on Friday from a local hatchery and then on the following Monday I’ll be getting another 6 female chicks and 1 rooster chick from a mail order hatchery. The mail order hatchery said that the chicks should be put with a heat lamp as they...
Hello from North Carolina. Here’s to answering the questions:
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I am new to chickens and I will be getting half my chicks on 7/11/25 and the other half on 7/14/25.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? I will be getting 12...