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Same here- I'd love to find some!

Unless you are positive that it is crowing I would hang onto it. We sell your pullets and for a while if someone thought that they got a rooster we would take them back and replace it..........after thanking 10-12 "roosters" back we ended up with a bunch of very good laying hens!!! Hens can also...

The light from the heat lamp won't bother them but they also make a heat lamp that is red. That is what we use with all of our chicks. When it is warm out we turn it off during the day and back on at night. Just make sure that the temp is not dropping too low. You can tell if they are getting a...

Check Craigslist for pullets that are feathered out. Sometimes getting day old chicks can be hard. The temp has to be just right, the bedding, food and water BUT it is usually more fund to raise them from when they are little (especially if you have kids). This is what we do (our hobby that...

I think all of this is dependent on where you live, and the post office that they are shipped to..........and the hatchery that they come from. The post office SHOULD call you as soon as they arrive, the post office we use will let us in WAY before business hours and does not require ID. However...

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We bough BIG bails of corn husks. It works great for bedding with the hens, not so much with the little ones :( Wood chips or "chopped" straw (I am not positive if that is what it is actually called) seem to work very well.

They are all Broad Breasted, mostly Bronze but a few white. They actually scare me when they are bigger, 50 of them will be a nightmare! We tried to raise turkeys years ago and didn't have much luck. Decided to try again, better luck this time but we still lost a lot when they were little...

What kind of chickens are they? That is pretty young. Some of our hens have laid eggs without shells before, just like a film. My Sussex just started laying at a little less than 5 months old......I am pretty sure that is young too.

My dad and brother spend a good part of the day building an enclosure to put my turkeys in. My mom and I moved the rest of them outside today. They love it, all 50 of them!! ! I am sure it won't be long before we have to expand this pen! The little guys strut around all puffed up. Its pretty...

All of our years of raising pullets we never had that problem until we got our last batch of Rhode Island Reds. We had one that had that exact same problem. She is about 4 months old now and doing just fine. Just make sure that she is eating and drinking. :)

I would say a few weeks......on the safe side. I have heard that if you don't wash them until you are ready to use them they stay fresh longer due to a coating they have on them. We have a large family so we are lucky to have a dozen eggs stay in the fridge for more than a day or two!! Here is...

A New Hampshire maybe. Its kinda hard to tell when they are so little. Is it living in your apartment now?!! Have fun :)

I WOULD NOT put them together yet!!! We raise chickens until they are old enough to live outside (feathered out) and then sell them. Of course we keep some for our own flock. I have pullets of mixed ages with a few weeks between then but I would not suggest putting the little guys in with the...

Fully Feathered out, no longer requiring heat lamps and past the "delicate" stage. About a month old. Healthy and VERY active!!! They will be more than big enough for Thanksgiving dinner. $15.00 each. They are one of the largest and heaviest breed of turkey. This makes them an excellent bird...

Fuqwlly feathewwwred out, no longer requiring heat lamps and past the "delicate" stage. Healthy and VERY active!!! They will be more than big enough for Thanksgiving dinner. $15.00 each. They are one of the largest and heaviest breed of turkey. This makes them an excellent bird to raise for...

5 weeks shouldn't make much difference once they are feathered out. I would not suggest putting the day old chicks in with chicks that are 5 weeks old, they might not fight but they very well could smother them. I have 4 week old pullets mixed in with nearly 4 month old pullets and have yet to...

Try to use a 45. I am going to try to post a youtube link to the modifications I made to my original PVC feeder which had 90 degree angles and wholes that were too big (the pullets were climbing into the feeder!)