Hey y'all! I ordered a bunch of females in June from a hatchery and ended up with a slew of roos. Six of my birds are Welsummers. At eight weeks it was totally apparent we ended up with one rooster. Cornelius had the comb, wattle, and walk that was all Roo. The other five appeared to be hens...
Hello. Picked up a bunch of chicks from the post office today. Totally healthy and active. I built a brooder box for outdoors. Put a brooder plate in there. Temps get in the low 90's during the day. Mid 60's at night. Heat index hit 102°F today! Some of the chicks hid under the plate during the...