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This is definitely a cockerel, yes?

So i have 5 chickens, 9-10 weeks old, so not laying yet. When i was cleaning out the coop the other day, it's obvious they are either hanging out or sleeping in the laying boxes. I have wood shavings along the main part of the coop, and a roost dowel, and then another little area set aside...

I'm so ridiculously new at this… went to chat with chicks today and the one i call Big Red looks fuzzy, right under her chin, like where a beard would be. All the feathers around her neck look a bit puffed, but they are odd and fuzzy underneath. Is this anything? It has cooled off here...

My gray one - I've been calling him/her Pigeon lately, lol. Just over 6 weeks, super curious and friendly. Also the bossiest with the new 5 week olds i'm trying to assimilate. Guesses on gender or breed...

I call these 3 my chicken mutts, lol. Local farmer gave 3 eggs to neighbor lady who hatched them and i got them at 4 weeks. They are 5.5 weeks now (born 3 Aug) - amazing how much they've grown! But no clue what breed or gender. What say you? Ok let's see if this works. Here they all are...

So i'm very new to all this - forgive me if this has been answered before but i couldn't find anything specific to my situation. Just last Friday (so <1 week) we got our 3 chicks - they hatched 3 Aug, making them just over 5 weeks. They're pretty feathered and had outgrown the small dog pen...

Hi all - Well it's been a whirlwind month - from not even a thought of chickens to owning 3! I've been reading madly so hopefully I don't screw this up. :) Short version of the story - decided after a trip to see cousins who had 4 hens that we'd look into getting some. Went to talk to the...