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holy cow - at 5:45am 4 of the 8 started crowing and of the four that didn't only one appears to be a pullet. seriously how could i have managed to pick 7 males out of 8? i'm sooo bummed but not defeated. we picked up 4 new two week old babies tonight, hatchery sexed this time. so we have four in...

so these are two of the guys we're pretty sure are Roo's. they are only 8 weeks old now but seem so big! the guy in the back is the one I'm wondering about. as a chick he was all black and scrawny, i call him Lyle. he's now transformed into a beautiful bird. the black on the body has some...

Our chicks are 4 weeks old now and we're getting ready to move them into the coop this weekend. we got 8 straight run hoping to end up with 3 - 5 hens in the end. is there a preferred age to cull a Roo from the flock? (dinner plans aside - I'm not concerned about making the decision based on...

we built the coop inside our shop and moved it outside this weekend. i'll post more photos once it's finished. coop is 4 x 4 and run is 4 x 13. currently we have 8 chicks from a straight run, and have identified one Roo for sure, or as sure as a novice can be! we thought we'd end up with 3-5...

I will try to post a photo but here's the scenario. 2 weeks old, mostly black chick ( I have no idea breed on this one) long neck, large single comb, giant thick legs also black and way behind other chicks of same age in the feather department. I have two other mostly black chicks although they...