I believe they are all cockerels.😕 Sorry about that. I have just about gotten to where I only buy pullets. Last fall I had 5 straight runs and 4 of them were roosters.😳
Hello BYC community! Hope you are all doing well!! I got a shipment of 22 chicks of 6 different breeds from a hatchery back at the end of April. They will be four weeks old Wednesday. I ordered 18, but they sent 4 extras. They all seem to belong to one of the breeds I ordered, besides for this...
Thank you! I think this year will just be a trial. :) I live on a cattle ranch though and I show steers in our performance program so at least I have a little experience with feeding market animals.
Thanks! They ship out August 16th so should be here in 1-2 days after that. The fair is the first week of October. Do you think I should allow them feed 24/7 or feed them every night?
Welcome to BYC!! What’s your Silver Laced Wyandotte’s name? I have four SLW’s and I love them!! I also have four Black Copper Marans, 16 Buff Orpingtons, and one Rhode Island Red, along with 3 Barred Rocks, apparently my only breed we don’t have in common, lol, but I have no experience with a...
I don’t have a coop for them, I just intend to keep them in a tub in a temperature controlled environment until they outgrow it, and then put them in a chicken tractor.