Went to Tractor Supply today and guess what? They have peeps already!!! They have SLW peeps...I've never had any of that breed. How do you tell when they are peeps which ones are pullets? Or is it a toss up like with Easter Eggers?
Thankx for the help!!!
We have some 2 yr old and some EE hens from last spring... We love the colors and the personality of these birds. We call this one "grey lady"...she's got a darker face even though she wouldn't show it...
This is our 2 EE roos...Little chicken Nugget & Big Foot Jackson Handsome...
I bought my comets and tetra tints last spring from Tractor Supply. They were sexed correctly...healthy birds...and have turned into beautiful birds. I also got 4 straight run bantams from them...3 were roos and 1 was pullet... They are very nice birds...no issues.
I'm in my 2nd winter with chickens/ducks/guineas... I do NOT debeak and don't intend to. I'm sure there may be people who do and think it's how to handle it but I agree with the previous posts...there is not reason for it IMO. I even have multiple roos housed together and it's not been a...
Our little patch of dirt is our haven. We have been raising chickens for our 2nd winter now and our flock has grown. Starting out with "only 6" peeps our first year we never thought we'd have over 30 chickens, 3 guineas, 3 ducks, etc. two seasons later.
We've come full circle on this...