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Do you have new pics of this cute chick? Curious to know how she's feathering out!

I'm not sure if all feed grains are heat treated. I've been able to sprout feed oats. The birds loved both sprouts and seed.

Looks like a male to me but I don't see a pic of the second chick.

At TSC, it'll be called "Flock Raiser". You'll have to set out a calcium source on the side for your laying birds. It doesn't need to be complicated, a little container with oyster shells and/or crushed egg shells will do.

The chicks should have fairly uniform light yellowy down all over. You should see white with black feathers as their wings start growing. At one week, there wouldn't be much comb development.

The potential predators around here are raccoons, foxes, and raptors. There is a bit of secondary growth woods across the one-lane road. The run is chain link fence with a wire mesh skirt. Rodents and raccoons are the only two creatures I can think of that would be interested in chicken...

I keep the feeder out in the covered run. It's a typical store-bought, galvanized steel feeder. The birds do spill some on the ground but they'll still eat it. No predator/pest issues.

None of your birds look male right now. (Yay!) I wouldn't worry about the EE either. I have one and she's super friendly and wants to be with people all the time.

I'd call it male too.

So much variety today mostly because it was time for flock integration (which went decently, yay). Oats, strawberries, grass, carrot and apple peels, and a hard boiled egg.

Looks like a pullet to me in the original post. The cochin looks like a male.

The socket is fine.

Mama Heating Pad

This is one design of cup waterers: Water is released when the yellow tab is pushed. I've been wanting to upgrade to these since they seem like a good compromise between open container watering and nipple waterers.

The second (white) one looks like a cock with so much red comb at that age. First and last are too young for me to tell.

There could be a part 2 about how to pick out individual healthy chicks from the feed store! Are there pics of your coop? The color and trim look so cool that I wanted to see more of it. I just found the pic of the cut-out heart steps.

Hi everyone! My flock is currently 2 black Australorps and 2 production reds that are all about 1 year old now. I really enjoy watching them and sharing their eggs. I have room for two more birds and these are the hatchery stock breeds I can choose from: Black Australorp Jersey Giant...

"Sort of" fried rice with daikon, tomato, eggs, and turmeric. Lettuce on the side. MeepBeep, you're awesome! :D

What sort of enclosure do you keep your birds? Cover and secure their run if you haven't already.

Four out of four. :) The one on the left weighed in it 85g! They're usually 60ish.