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Thank you, Free Feather! I appreciate the compliment. Like I said in my original post, I am new to this so I am still learning. I had never even been around chickens, but I did a lot of reading the year before I got them trying to prepare for them. I love animals and do my best to take care of...

I believe all three of these are likely cockerels

Here is another....

This is one I suspect is a cockerel. The picture that follows shows his full body.

Thank you so much! I will try to snap some pics and get them posted soon.

Obviously, I am a novice. Please forgive my lack of use of the proper terms. Our thought that we likely have four cockerels is based on many of the signs your pointed out....size and color of comb and waddles. This morning was the very first morning we have heard someone trying to crow although...

I am new to raising chickens and am looking for some advice on how to manage my first flock. In September, we got 9 orpington chicks. 2 of them didn't make it. Our hope was that all of them would be hens. Of the 7 we have left, we are fairly sure that 4 are roos. I know there is no way a flock...

Thank you so much!

Hi guys.... I posted on here last week about one of my baby chicks that I'm very concerned about. I listed his symptoms and someone suggested it might be cocciodosis. After reading about it, I was sure that is what he had. I began treating him and the rest of the flock right away. Yesterday was...

Thank you so much for your advice. Being new to this, I really value the opinions of folks like you willing to share their knowledge. :)

I gave them medicated starter the first couple of weeks, but they are not on it now. I will research cocci and see what I think. Thank you.

I have 9 Orpington chicks and they are a few weeks old. I have noticed that one seems a little less active than all the rest. He seems like he is always lying down. Even when the others are stepping all over him, he doesn't seem bothered. I don't know if I am overreacting. Maybe he is just a...

thank you :)

We have poop! LOL! I feel better now. They are quiet which I hear means they are happy. I have my heat lamp at one end of the brooder so they can choose to be right under it and if it's too warm they have some space to get a little ways away from it too. When I check on them, they seem to know I...

Thank you! They are cukoo orpingtons.

Hi guys! I am new to BYC. Just today I started my adventure into raising chicks. I have been researching for close to a year and I finally jumped in. I got two chicks today. They are just a few days old. I am grateful there is a place like this. I already have a million questions. :) Thanks for...

They are a few days old. I have seen them eat and drink, but not a lot.They have had times of activity, but I've also seen them sleeping. The way they lay scared me at first. From what I've read online, that is normal for little chicks. I will follow your recommendation and watch them closely...

I am new to raising chicks. I got two this afternoon (around 1 PM). It is now 7 PM and I can't see that either of them has pooed. I checked their hineys and they seemed fine. Should I be concerned that I'm not seeing poop yet? I was expecting them to be pooing all over the place. Any thoughts...