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I’ve never had Orpingtons so I’m new to their breed standards other than fluffy, round features. I have 26 chicks and I plan on keeping a few of the best ones. What do I look for in very young Orpingtons? Size? Shade? Beak and leg colors? I’m just not sure if there are parts that will change as...

I know I’ve seen this mentioned on here before but I have a question about covering your brooder plate in plastic wrap. Does that work? How do you do it? Do you wrap all surfaces or just the top? I used a brooder plate for the first time on last Easter’s hatch and it worked great. But it was...

I’ve got this little one and I’m pretty confused about the sex. It’s one of my Easter hatch babies. Daddy is pure barred rock. Mama is an EE. It has very little comb development but has a very red face sometimes. They are 10 weeks old today.

I just heard one of my 9 week old chicks crow. I’m not sure which one it was but it was definitely a chick, not my big rooster. Isn’t it pretty early for that? I’ve got a couple that look like mostly EE with fairly big combs. I’m thinking it was one of them. Most of the rest look like pullets.

This one chick is a real head scratcher. Slow feathering. Yellow comb. He’s from a rir hen and a barred rock roo. He was a yellow chick. He’s very vocal and brave. But the tiniest chick of all. I also threw in a couple other chicks pics for comparison. They are 7 weeks tomorrow.

One of my rir hens layed this tiny egg a couple of days ago. She layed her normal egg yesterday so she’s fine but I just couldn’t help wondering what might have gone through her little mind when she layed that tiny one! She’s an excellent layer so I’m not worried but this IS her third season...

Here’s a picture of my 5 week old chicks. I let them out of the pen and the sun came out from behind the clouds and this is what happened! Time to charge the batteries! 🤣🥰

Does anyone have any recommendations for good leg bands for chicks? I’d like to have them numbered. And what size fits regular sized chicks? I have 30 eggs in the incubator and I’d really like to be able to track each one.

This year my barred rock is my only rooster and I’m wondering what I’ll get from my hens. I’ve set 30 eggs as I’m not sure my rooster is quite up to be the “man” with 11 hens now. My other rooster got killed by a dog and the barred rock has had to take up the slack. 😉 my hens are RR’s easter...

I’m just amazed at how fast these guys have matured. I’m starting to get eggs from them at about 19-20 weeks. Blue and olive eggs.

I’m curious about something. What has been your experience with young pullets when they are first squatting and allowing themselves to be bred? How long until they lay? I’ve seen one of my 16 weeks old pullets allowing my barred rock rooster breed her. He is sticking to her like glue!🤣 He is my...

I have 15 chicks that I hatched around at Patrick’s day. It’s pretty easy to tell most of the cockerels but some are more ambiguous. This particular one was smaller than the rest and still is for the most part. It also was tailless for the longest time. Very slow feathering. It came from a brown...

Just a quick question. Will eating layer pellets for just a couple of days hurt my 6 wk old chicks? I’ve run out of chick starter/grower feed and won’t have money for more feed until after the first. I don’t really have any other choice. Thanks in advance!

I had 18 out of 19 eggs hatch without issue but one was delayed by probably 24 hours. Maybe more. When we did help it out of the shell I realized why. I think it was malpositioned with one leg behind instead of forward where it couldn’t push to crack the shell. It seems like it is weak on its...

Hello, I’m new to breeding chickens but I’ve been reading up on different ways to know what sex your chicks might be by different characteristics of the hen x roo. I have 2 roosters and I’ve seen them both mate the hens. 1 is an Americauna and the other is a Barred rock. I know that the...

Hello, I’d like to introduce myself and my flock. My name is Lori and I live in southeastern Oklahoma on a 1 acre farm. My flock consists of 2 roosters (1 Americauna and 1 barred rock) 3 Americauna hens and 3 Rhode Island Red hens. They will all be 1 year old in just a few days. I have 22 of...