Here are my two ten-week-old roo's - a Wellsummer surprise chick from Murray McMurray and a Speckled Sussex. ...and the cat who guards them - Skittles!
Thanks for your reply. I could do a separate bachelor pen following your advice although now they all get along fine. You can only caponize before 5 months, I've read...
My exotic chick from Murray McMurray ended up being a Wellsummer roo. He and the others are ten weeks old. I had ordered a Specked Sussex Roo and he's cute!. I don't know that I should keep two roosters - they may fight over the hens, right? If it were to cull one, which should I cull? The...
She looks much darker and smaller than the Speckled Sussex roo that I ordered though. Hmm. Surprises are fun! Thanks for replying.
Here are my chicks - any notion of what they are? about 3 weeks old. I think the first is the Speckled Sussex roo. His comb is reddish.
This one has feathers...
I received a chick that looks a lot like a Black Australorp, but it has feathered out much more slowly than the other chicks. Here are several pictures at 3 weeks old. Do you think it's that breed? Is it a roo?
Here is a picture of my baby at 2 weeks old.
I have very small hands. The feet are pink and she is smaller than all my other chicks. Is it a Wellsummer?
Would Murray McMurray Hatchery send a bantam chick as my exotic chick if the rest of my order was standard chickens? I have one that is so much smaller than all the others. I hope she won't get picked on...
I'm a chicken girl who is considering buying Coturnix Quail for eggs and meat. I have a big stall in the barn across the aisle from my chickens. It was previously occupied by 2 hens and a rabbit. I cleaned out the bedding which was quite clean. Would you suggest any other means of cleaning...