Please sex these 8 Ameraucana and 1 orpington. The numbers on the pictures were to keep me from duplicate chickens but you can use them too. Chickens born on August 6th and pictures taken yesterday.
This is the orpington and the picture was taken a couple weeks ago. Looks like...
From my reading, having the chickens on dirt with bedding isn't a problem. That's how I have mine in their temporary coop. The problem I see is your bottom boards may rot prematurely. If you buy treated and paint it then you should be good for a while. We have a lot of fire ants so I have to be...
Of the 5 or 6 people I've met named Hollis they were all 60+ years old. Most people think it's my last name. Thank y'all for the warm welcome. I'll post pictures of the coop once it's finished.
I grew up around chickens but this is the first flock of my own. We bought 9 Ameraucana and 2 Orpington that were about a week old (born Aug 6th.) We lost one orpington and an Ameraucana in the first week or so but the rest are doing well. My kids love them and the dogs want to eat them...